Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2010) 03 DEL CK 0195
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CW-2010-0025East Delhi, DelhiJudgment 18 March 2010
Surender Singh vs State of Delhi
The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal of Delhi Police constable Surender Singh and upheld his conviction for shooting dead civilian a Mayur Vihar, Delhi man with his service SAF carbine inside PS Mayur Vihar on 30 June 2002, also injuring woman head constable The Court held eyewitness police testimony and ballistic linkage proved he chased the deceased into the reporting room firing repeatedly, rejecting his claim of an accidental discharge during a scuffle as a version never put to the eyewitnesses. It imputed knowledge for the Section 307 conviction since he fired indiscriminately knowing persons were in the room, and sustained the sentences of life imprisonment and seven years' rigorous imprisonment, noting life was the least penalty. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 18 March 2010 in Criminal Appeal No. 202 of 2008, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Pradeep Nandrajog, Suresh Kait, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Surender Singh (Constable).
- Register number
- DL 07 CW 0005
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 202 of 2008 / (2010) 03 DEL CK 0195
- Court and date
- Delhi High Court (Coram: Pradeep Nandrajog, Suresh Kait, JJ.), 18 March 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Surender Singh (Constable)
- 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)
- “The appellant chased the deceased into the police station and shot him. While so doing, the appellant remained unmindful of the presence of the other police officers, one of whom was shot. It is apparent that the appellant is guilty …” (at para 10)
- 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.
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Current position
The Delhi High Court judgment dated 18 March 2010 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
OtherPrimary
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 appellant chased the deceased into the police station and shot him. While so doing, the appellant remained unmindful of the presence of the other police officers, one of whom was shot. It is apparent that the appellant is guilty …” (para 10)
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Institutional response
18 Mar 2010
Order issued
ConcludedThe Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (2010) 03 DEL CK 0195
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.