Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Calcutta High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2002) 3 CALLT 618
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CW-2002-0013Kolkata, West BengalJudgment 21 May 2002
Kolkata Police Special Constable vs State of West Bengal
The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. Around 2 a.m. on 23 September 1992, Special Constable of Phool Bagan Police Station, in plain clothes, twice came to pavement-dweller the complainant's jhupri on CIT Road, then forcibly took her in a police vehicle to the station, confined her in a mezzanine barrack room and raped her until about 4:40 a.m. The trial court sentenced him to life under Section 376 IPC with concurrent six years RI under Section 366 IPC. The Division Bench dismissed his appeal and affirmed the conviction and sentence, while acquitting the two co-appellants under Section 366 IPC for want of proof of participation. Trial reference: Sessions Trial No.1(1) of 1993, Phool Bagan P.S. Case No.108 dated 23.09.1992. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 21 May 2002, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: P.K. Biswas, S.K. Banerjee, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Special Constable, Phool Bagan Police Station.
- Register number
- WB 01 CW 0002
- Case reference
- (2002) 3 CALLT 618
- Court and date
- Calcutta High Court (Coram: P.K. Biswas, S.K. Banerjee, JJ.), 21 May 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Special Constable, Phool Bagan Police Station
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The appeal preferred by the convict/appellant [name withheld] is dismissed on contest and the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned trial Judge, so far as it relates to convict/appellant [name withheld] is, hereby, affirmed.”
- 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.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Calcutta High Court judgment dated 21 May 2002 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial torturePrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“The appeal preferred by the convict/appellant [name withheld] is dismissed on contest and the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the learned trial Judge, so far as it relates to convict/appellant [name withheld] is, hereby, affirmed.”
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Institutional response
21 May 2002
Order issued
ConcludedThe Calcutta High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (2002) 3 CALLT 618
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.