State vs Assam Police Police Constable
The Sessions trial court at Sivasagar convicted Assam Police constable under IPC section 302 for shooting a Sivasagar man dead with his allotted.303 rifle while on guard duty at Sivasagar Circuit House on 13 March 2006, sentencing him to life imprisonment with a Rs.5,000 fine. The Gauhati High Court dismissed his appeal on 23 August 2016, agreeing with the trial court that he alone perpetrated the crime.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 23 August 2016, the Sessions Court, Sivasagar (exact designation not stated in appellate judgment) convicted the Police Constable, Assam Police.
- Register number
- AS 04 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Gauhati HC Criminal Appeal No.32/2013 (trial conviction affirmed 23.08.2016)
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Sivasagar (exact designation not stated in appellate judgment), 23 August 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable, Assam Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “On scanning the entire evidence brought on record, we find ourselves in complete agreement with the trial court that appellant alone was the perpetrator of the crime. The appeal has no merit and is accordingly dismissed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment plus Rs 5,000 fine
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Sessions Court, Sivasagar (exact designation not stated in appellate judgment) convicted the accused police personnel on 23 August 2016. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Life imprisonment plus Rs 5,000 fine
Sections: IPC s.302
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text