# Charanjit and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 July 2013 in Criminal Appeal No. 232 of 2007, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. K. Patnaik, Gyan Sudha Misra, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Radha Krishan (Station House Officer); Charanjit; Kashmiri Lal.

- Register number: PB 32 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 232 of 2007 / (2013) 11 SCC 163; AIR 2013 SC 2896
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. K. Patnaik, Gyan Sudha Misra, JJ.), 4 July 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Radha Krishan (Station House Officer); Charanjit; Kashmiri Lal
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376(2)(a) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376(2)(g) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus, the trial court and the High Court have recorded concurrent findings of facts holding the Appellants guilty of the offences under Sections 323/34, 504/34, 376(2)(a) and 376(2)(g) Indian Penal Code and the Appellant-Radha Krishan guilty of the offence u/s …” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 10 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/169026887/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0007)

**Record:** CW-2013-0007 (compiler id CWC-0351); case SUPREM-038; aliases: CWC-1476
**Title:** Charanjit and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: A. K. Patnaik; Gyan Sudha Misra
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 232 of 2007 / (2013) 11 SCC 163; AIR 2013 SC 2896
**Judgment:** 2013-07-04 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-02-09 (1989)
**Place:** Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab (district at time: Hoshiarpur); city town: Balachaur; police station or unit: Balachaur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 323; IPC 504; IPC 376(2)(a); IPC 376(2)(g); IPC 342; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Radha Krishan (Station House Officer); Charanjit; Kashmiri Lal (3 in record)
**Victims:** Balachaur woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 10 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Balachaur SHO Radha Krishan and two policemen convicted of detaining a dai overnight on 9 February 1989 and gang-raping her after picking her up for interrogation about terrorists frequenting her house. The Court sustained the concurrent findings under Sections 323/34, 504/34, 376(2)(a) and 376(2)(g), plus Section 342 against the SHO, believing the victim consistent account corroborated by her husband and neighbour who saw her bleeding and torn-clothed on release. It rejected the police claim of same-evening release with a signed writing, noting the station Daily Diary and Register II were suppressed. No medical evidence existed as doctors refused examination under SHO pressure. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Thus, the trial court and the High Court have recorded concurrent findings of facts holding the Appellants guilty of the offences under Sections 323/34, 504/34, 376(2)(a) and 376(2)(g) Indian Penal Code and the Appellant-Radha Krishan guilty of the offence u/s 342 Indian Penal Code also.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/169026887/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/669435/charanjit-and-others-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another/); [research.grhari.com](https://research.grhari.com/supreme-court-upholds-conviction-in-police-custody-rape-case-charanjit-ors-vs-state-of-punjab-2013/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 16
**display title redacted:** Charanjit and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.
**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': \[\]}
**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': '(2013) 11 SCC 163; AIR 2013 SC 2896', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2013-07-04', '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': '(2013) 11 SCC 163; AIR 2013 SC 2896', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/169026887/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/669435/charanjit-and-others-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://research.grhari.com/supreme-court-upholds-conviction-in-police-custody-rape-case-charanjit-ors-vs-state-of-punjab-2013/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial rape sexual assault
**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:** SC judgment verified via mirror (primary 429); custodial gang-rape convictions of 3 Balachaur policemen upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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