State vs J&K Police Constable
The Designated Court for Jammu Province under POTA convicted J&K Police Constable (District Udhampur) on 19.07.2010 (sentence order 20.07.2010) under s.3(4) of POTA for harbouring militants, and sentenced him to 3 years imprisonment plus Rs.1,000 fine; the court relied on his confession recorded before the SSP Poonch. A Division Bench of the J&K&L High Court upheld the conviction on 31.12.2024 (CRA 17/2010).
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 19 July 2010, the Designated Court for Jammu Province under POTA convicted the Constable, J&K Police, District Udhampur.
- Register number
- JK 20 CW 0001
- Case reference
- State vs J&K Police Constable
- Court and date
- The Designated Court for Jammu Province under POTA, 19 July 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, J&K Police, District Udhampur
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 3(4) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “the appellant herein has been convicted for commission of offence punishable under Section 3(4) of the POTA and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for three years with fine of Rs.1000/-”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 years imprisonment (sentence order 20.07.2010)
- 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.
Designated Court for Jammu Province under POTA convicted the accused police personnel on 19 July 2010. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 years imprisonment (sentence order 20.07.2010)
Sections: POTA s.3(4)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text