# Fatehpur Police Constable v. State of U.P.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 August 2002 in Criminal Appeal No. 213 of 1987 (S.T. No. 306 of 1985), the Allahabad High Court (Coram: M.A. Khan, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, Police Station Fatehpur, Barabanki.

- Register number: UP 41 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 213 of 1987 (S.T. No. 306 of 1985) / (2003) CriLJ 2056
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: M.A. Khan, J.), 26 August 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Station Fatehpur, Barabanki
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The statement of Medical Officer proves beyond doubt that the girl who was less than one year, was subjected to rape by the appellant. There is absolutely no reason to discard the prosecution case and the learned Court below was …” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 6 years.
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/331308/raj-nath-vs-state-of-up/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0030)

**Record:** CW-2002-0030 (compiler id CWC-0937); case GAP2-1-003
**Title:** Fatehpur Police Constable v. State of U.P.
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: M.A. Khan
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 213 of 1987 (S.T. No. 306 of 1985) / (2003) CriLJ 2056
**Judgment:** 2002-08-26 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1985-05-09 (1985)
**Place:** Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Fatehpur; police station or unit: Police Station Fatehpur, Barabanki; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 376
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Station Fatehpur, Barabanki (1 in record)
**Victims:** Fatehpur woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 6 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Allahabad High Court (single Judge, 26-8-2002) dismissed the appeal of Police Constable of Police Station Fatehpur, Barabanki, and upheld his six-year rigorous imprisonment conviction under section 376 IPC imposed by the Sessions Judge on 11-3-1987. The court found that on 9-5-1985, inside police station premises, the appellant took the infant daughter of a Sub-Inspector family into his quarter and raped her, crediting the eyewitness account of the mother and the independent witness \[name withheld\]. The court held the medical evidence proved rape of a girl aged less than one year beyond doubt and found no illegality in the trial court order. It cancelled bail, discharged sureties, and directed the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barabanki, to arrest the appellant to serve the sentence. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The statement of Medical Officer proves beyond doubt that the girl who was less than one year, was subjected to rape by the appellant. There is absolutely no reason to discard the prosecution case and the learned Court below was fully justified in believing the prosecution case, convicting the appellant and I find no illegality or impropriety in the said order passed by the learned Court below.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/331308/raj-nath-vs-state-of-up/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Fatehpur Police Constable v. State of U.P.
**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': \['subcategory'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2003) CriLJ 2056', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2002-08-26', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(2003) CriLJ 2056', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/331308/raj-nath-vs-state-of-up/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** HC dismissed appeal; 6-year RI for rape by on-duty constable confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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