On the night of 23 July 1982, SAF Constable left his Quarter Guard duty post in Gwalior with his service.303 rifle and shot his neighbour, causing a firearm injury the Court noted was dangerous to life. The trial court convicted him under Section 307 IPC and imposed four years' rigorous imprisonment. The High Court held that the eyewitness account of the injured man's wife, corroborated by the appellant's absence from duty, the shortage of service cartridges and a recovered.303 cartridge, proved the charge despite the injured witness turning hostile and the missing ballistic report. The Court dismissed the appeal and affirmed the conviction and sentence, observing that the investigating agency had sided with the accused policeman throughout.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 23 June 2000 in Criminal Appeal No. 573 of 1989, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A.K. Mishra, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, 8th Battalion, SAF, Gwalior.
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“In the result the appeal is dismissed. The conviction and sentence imposed upon the appellant is affirmed.” (para 18)
The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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