Sessions Trial No.1(1) of 1993 (Sessions Case No.23(77) of 1992), Phool Bagan PS case
The Additional Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Alipore convicted Special Constable of Phool Bagan police station for abducting [name withheld] from her CIT Road pavement jhupri in a police van at about 2 AM on 23 September 1992 and raping her inside the police station, sentencing him to life imprisonment plus 6 years RI concurrent on 3-4 September 1993. The Calcutta High Court dismissed his appeal and affirmed the conviction and sentence on 21 May 2002, while acquitting co-convicts Bholanath Ojha (police-van driver) and Sanatan Murmu of the section 366 charge for want of mens rea.
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 21 May 2002, the Additional Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Alipore (Sri M.K. Sengupta) convicted the Special Constable, Phool Bagan Police Station, Kolkata Police.
- Register number
- WB 01 CW 0003
- Case reference
- Sessions Trial No.1(1) of 1993 (Sessions Case No.23(77) of 1992), Phool Bagan PS case; reported in the judgment of the Calcutta High Court
- Court and date
- The Additional Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Alipore (Sri M.K. Sengupta), 21 May 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Special Constable, Phool Bagan Police Station, Kolkata Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “the appeal preferred by the convict/appellant [name withheld] is dismissed on contest”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment (s.376) + 6 years RI and Rs.1,000 fine (s.366; 5 months RI in default), concurrent (sentence dated 4 September 1993)
- 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.
Additional Sessions Judge, 5th Court, Alipore (Sri M.K. Sengupta) convicted the accused police personnel on 21 May 2002. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Life imprisonment (s.376) + 6 years RI and Rs.1,000 fine (s.366; 5 months RI in default), concurrent (sentence dated 4 September 1993)
Sections: IPC 376; IPC 366
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text