# Constable Harish Chand Pandey vs The State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 July 2009 in Criminal Appeal No. 481 of 2001, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Prafulla C. Pant, Brahma Singh Verma, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Harish Chand Pandey (Constable).

- Register number: UK 06 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 481 of 2001 / (2009) NCC 808; (2009) 07 UK CK 0062
- Court and date: Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Prafulla C. Pant, Brahma Singh Verma, JJ.), 28 July 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Harish Chand Pandey (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “From the above oral evidence on record, as discussed above, read with the autopsy report (Ext. A -5) and the report of the Forensic Expert (Ext. A -16) in which it is mentioned that after examination it was found that …” (at para 10)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- 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/947779/constable-harish-chand-pandey-appellant-hash-the-state-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0007)

**Record:** CW-2009-0007 (compiler id CWC-0407); case UTTARA-004
**Title:** Constable Harish Chand Pandey vs The State
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: Prafulla C. Pant; Brahma Singh Verma
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 481 of 2001 / (2009) NCC 808; (2009) 07 UK CK 0062
**Judgment:** 2009-07-28 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-08-22 (1992)
**Place:** Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand; city town: Khatima; police station or unit: Security guard detail, Rastogi (Prabhat) Farm, Khatima; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302
**Officers (gated display forms):** Harish Chand Pandey (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Khatima man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

Replace closing boilerplate to note the appellant's recorded defence (s.313 admissions/denials; pleas of poor light, no motive and drunkenness for s.304 Part I, all rejected at paras 11-13). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> From the above oral evidence on record, as discussed above, read with the autopsy report (Ext. A -5) and the report of the Forensic Expert (Ext. A -16) in which it is mentioned that after examination it was found that the empty cartridges sent to the laboratory were found to have been fired from the Rifle No. 84C/5209 (recovered from accused Harish Chand Pandey), establishes on the record that Harish Chand Pandey has committed murder of his colleague a Khatima man

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/947779/constable-harish-chand-pandey-appellant-hash-the-state-respondent/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?CaseId=129002322000&Title=CONSTABLE-HARISH-CHAND-PANDEY-Vs.-STATE)
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Constable Harish Chand Pandey vs The State
**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': '(2009) NCC 808; (2009) 07 UK CK 0062', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2009-07-28', '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': '(2009) NCC 808; (2009) 07 UK CK 0062', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/947779/constable-harish-chand-pandey-appellant-hash-the-state-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?CaseId=129002322000&Title=CONSTABLE-HARISH-CHAND-PANDEY-Vs.-STATE', '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:** On-duty murder of fellow officer with service rifle; life + fine confirmed. Borderline scope (police victim).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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