State v. Uttarakhand Police Constable
The Uttarakhand High Court records that Constable, whose escort party lost undertrial Vishwas Pandit at the railway station on 25.07.2003 after production before the Special Judge (Gangster Act), was convicted under Section 223 IPC (acquitted under Section 224 IPC) by the Haridwar magistrate court on 02.08.2018 and fined Rs.2,000. The conviction was upheld on appeal (03.12.2022); on revision the court kept the findings intact but substituted a six-month probation bond.
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 2 August 2018, the Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar (Criminal Case No. 8747 of 2018; appeal lay before Ist Additional District and Sessions Judge, Haridwar) convicted the Constable, Uttarakhand Police (escort party producing undertrial before Special Judge (Gangster Act)).
- Register number
- UK 08 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Criminal Case No. 8747 of 2018
- Court and date
- The Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar (Criminal Case No. 8747 of 2018; appeal lay before Ist Additional District and Sessions Judge, Haridwar), 2 August 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, Uttarakhand Police (escort party producing undertrial before Special Judge (Gangster Act))
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “While convicting the revisionist - accused Constable [name withheld] under Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, IPC) by learned Trial Court, he was punished with a fine of Rs.2,000/-.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Rs.2,000 fine by trial court; on criminal revision (23.08.2023) conviction findings left intact, sentence altered to release on probation of good conduct for six months (bond Rs.30,000 with one surety)
- 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.
Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar (Criminal Case No. 8747 of 2018; appeal lay before Ist Additional District and Sessions Judge, Haridwar) convicted the accused police personnel on 2 August 2018. The conviction was upheld on appeal.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Rs.2,000 fine by trial court; on criminal revision (23.08.2023) conviction findings left intact, sentence altered to release on probation of good conduct for six months (bond Rs.30,000 with one surety)
Sections: IPC 223
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal.