# Barachatti Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Bihar

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 July 1998 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 149, 218, 279, 280-282 of 1998, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: M.K. Mukherjee, G.B. Pattanaik, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 5 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Barachatti Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station.

- Register number: BR 02 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 149, 218, 279, 280-282 of 1998 / AIR 1998 SC 2443, (1998) 5 SCC 699
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: M.K. Mukherjee, G.B. Pattanaik, JJ.), 13 July 1998
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Barachatti Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In this view of the matter, while we uphold the conviction of accused \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\] under Section 302/34 I.P.C., we set aside the sentence of death awarded against them and commute the same to imprisonment for life.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1087618/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1998-0003)

**Record:** CW-1998-0003 (compiler id CWC-0041); case BIHAR1-004
**Title:** Barachatti Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Bihar
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: M.K. Mukherjee; G.B. Pattanaik
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 149, 218, 279, 280-282 of 1998 / AIR 1998 SC 2443, (1998) 5 SCC 699
**Judgment:** 1998-07-13 (1998, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-12-05 (1993)
**Place:** Gaya, Bihar; city town: Barachatti; police station or unit: Barachatti Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 34; IPC 201
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Barachatti Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station; Constable, Barachatti Police Station (5 in record)
**Victims:** Barachatti man; Barachatti man; Barachatti man (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Supreme Court of India upheld the convictions under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC of five police personnel attached to Barachatti Police Station in Gaya district for the staged encounter murder of three persons on December 5, 1993. The police party had chased and fired upon a Maruti van on the Grand Trunk Road, killing businessman \[name withheld\], attendant a Barachatti man, and driver \[name withheld\], and subsequently registered a fabricated encounter FIR. While acquitting appellant \[name withheld\] on benefit of doubt, the Court affirmed the life imprisonment of constables, \[name withheld\], and \[name withheld\], and commuted the death sentences of Sub-Inspectors and \[name withheld\] to life imprisonment, holding the case did not meet the rarest-of-rare threshold. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In this view of the matter, while we uphold the conviction of accused \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\] under Section 302/34 I.P.C., we set aside the sentence of death awarded against them and commute the same to imprisonment for life.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1087618/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1172785/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Barachatti Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Bihar
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIR 1998 SC 2443, (1998) 5 SCC 699', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1998-07-13', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'AIR 1998 SC 2443, (1998) 5 SCC 699', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1087618/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1172785/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Supreme Court upheld murder convictions under IPC 302/34 of 5 Barachatti police officials for staged encounter killing, commuting death sentences to life.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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