# Uttarakhand Police Head Constable v. State of Uttarakhand

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 January 2025 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 217 and 218 of 2006, the Supreme Court of India affirmed the conviction of the Head Constable, Police Station Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Police.

- Register number: UK 07 CW 0006
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 217 and 218 of 2006
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India, 28 January 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Police Station Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 27(1) of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The High Court dismissed the first set of criminal appeals preferred by accused No.1-\[name withheld\] thereby confirming the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the trial court.” (at para 2)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/191647839/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0016)

**Record:** CW-2012-0016 (compiler id CWC-0551); case SWFAKEEN-012
**Title:** Uttarakhand Police Head Constable v. State of Uttarakhand
**Court:** Supreme Court of India
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 217 and 218 of 2006
**Judgment:** 2025-01-28 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-11-15 (2004)
**Place:** Dehradun, Uttarakhand; city town: Rishikesh; police station or unit: Police Station Rishikesh; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 34; Arms Act 1959 s.27(1)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Police Station Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Rishikesh woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. On the night of 15 November 2004, acting on a liquor-smuggling tip, Head Constable with three constables intercepted a Maruti car near IDPL Gate, Rishikesh, and when it failed to stop, \[name withheld\] fired a single.38-bore shot that struck front-seat passenger a Rishikesh woman in the temple, killing her. The Sessions Judge, Dehradun convicted \[name withheld\] under s.302/34 IPC and s.27(1) Arms Act with life imprisonment but acquitted the three constables. The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed \[name withheld\]'s appeals confirming his life sentence, while additionally convicting the three constables in the State's appeal. The Supreme Court (2025 INSC 114) quashed the three constables' conviction for want of common intention but affirmed the trial judgment, leaving \[name withheld\]'s life conviction intact. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The High Court dismissed the first set of criminal appeals preferred by accused No.1-\[name withheld\] thereby confirming the judgment and order of conviction and sentence passed by the trial court.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/191647839/); [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/supreme-court-judgments/no-prior-meeting-minds-supreme-court-acquits-three-constables-fake-encounter-case)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**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:** 2
**display title redacted:** Uttarakhand Police Head Constable v. State of Uttarakhand
**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': \['case_title', 'court', 'judgment_date'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal Nos. 217 and 218 of 2006', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2025-01-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal Nos. 217 and 218 of 2006', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/191647839/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/supreme-court-judgments/no-prior-meeting-minds-supreme-court-acquits-three-constables-fake-encounter-case', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**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:** Uttarakhand HC confirmed head constable's life term for fatal unjustified firing; SC 2025 left it intact.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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