State v [name withheld], Sessions Trial No. 50/2005 (Case Crime No. 455/2004, PS Rishikesh)
The Sessions Judge, Dehradun (S.T. No. 50/2005) convicted Head Constable of PS Rishikesh on 06.09.2006 for the 15.11.2004 shooting of woman co-passenger a Dehradun woman during a vehicle interception near the IDPL Gate on suspicion of liquor smuggling (Case Crime No. 455/2004), sentencing him to life imprisonment under s.302 r/w s.34 IPC and s.27(1) of the Arms Act while acquitting three constables. The Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital confirmed the conviction on 27.12.2012 (Crl. Appeals 217-218/2006); the convict's Supreme Court appeal abated on his death (2025 INSC 114, decided 28.01.2025), leaving the High Court confirmation standing.
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.
How verification works →Report card
By judgment dated 6 September 2006, the Sessions Judge, Dehradun convicted the Head Constable, Police Station Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Police.
- Register number
- UK 07 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Sessions Trial No. 50/2005 (Case Crime No. 455/2004, PS Rishikesh); reported in the judgment of the Court of Sessions Judge, Dehradun
- Court and date
- The Sessions Judge, Dehradun, 6 September 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, Police Station Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 27(1) of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “he had been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 27(1) of the Arms Act, 1959 and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Imprisonment for life
- 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 Judge, Dehradun convicted the accused police personnel on 6 September 2006. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Imprisonment for life
Sections: IPC 302 r/w 34; Arms Act 1959 s.27(1)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text