# Ishwari Ram vs State of U.P.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 June 2008 in Criminal Appeal No. 265 of 2001, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Prafulla C. Pant, Dharam Veer, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Ishwari Ram (Constable (No. 438, Armed Police)).

- Register number: UK 04 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 265 of 2001 / (2008) CriLJ 4163
- Court and date: Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Prafulla C. Pant, Dharam Veer, JJ.), 2 June 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ishwari Ram (Constable (No. 438, Armed Police))
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For the reasons, as discussed above, we do not find any error of law or that of the fact committed by the trial Court in convicting the accused under Sections 302 and 307, I.P.C. We concur with the conviction recorded …” (at para 14-15)
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/943742/ishwari-ram-appellant-hash-state-of-up-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0009)

**Record:** CW-2008-0009 (compiler id CWC-0411); case UTTARA-008
**Title:** Ishwari Ram vs State of U.P.
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: Prafulla C. Pant; Dharam Veer
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 265 of 2001 / (2008) CriLJ 4163
**Judgment:** 2008-06-02 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-02-28 (1991)
**Place:** Nainital, Uttarakhand; city town: Kaladhungi; police station or unit: Sub-treasury guard, Kaladhungi (Armed Police); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 307
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ishwari Ram (Constable (No. 438, Armed Police)) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kaladhungi man; Kaladhungi man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

Replace closing boilerplate to note the appellant's recorded defence (denial; motive/contradiction pleas at paras 10-13, rejected). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> For the reasons, as discussed above, we do not find any error of law or that of the fact committed by the trial Court in convicting the accused under Sections 302 and 307, I.P.C. We concur with the conviction recorded by the trial Court and sentences awarded by said Court to the accused/appellant-Ishwari Ram. Therefore, the appeal is liable to be dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/943742/ishwari-ram-appellant-hash-state-of-up-respondent/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/514326/ishwari-ram-vs-state-u-p)
**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:** 14-15
**display title redacted:** Ishwari Ram vs 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Uttarakhand High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Uttarakhand High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2008) CriLJ 4163', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2008-06-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Uttarakhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(2008) CriLJ 4163', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/943742/ishwari-ram-appellant-hash-state-of-up-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/514326/ishwari-ram-vs-state-u-p', '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; life plus 5 years RI confirmed, bail cancelled, surrender ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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