# Nicobar Islands Police Police Constable v. The State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 December 2013 in CRA No. 016 of 2012, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Girish Chandra Gupta, Dipankar Datta, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Constable, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.1 lakh (Rs 2,15,000).

- Register number: AN 01 CW 0001
- Case reference: CRA No. 016 of 2012
- Court and date: Calcutta High Court (Coram: Girish Chandra Gupta, Dipankar Datta, JJ.), 17 December 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 436 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506-II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 427 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 429 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We are of the opinion that the learned Trial Court has accurately assessed the evidence. Both the conviction and punishment are well founded. No interference is called for.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment. Compensation: Rs 2.1 lakh (Rs 2,15,000).
- 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.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e41e4a93261a672e0219); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0041)

**Record:** CW-2013-0041 (compiler id CWC-1157); case GAP3-32-002
**Title:** Nicobar Islands Police Police Constable v. The State
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; bench: Port Blair; judges: Girish Chandra Gupta; Dipankar Datta
**Case number / citation:** CRA No. 016 of 2012
**Judgment:** 2013-12-17 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-12-25 (2009)
**Place:** South Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands; city town: Port Blair; police station or unit: Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 307; IPC 436; IPC 506-II; IPC 427; IPC 429; IPC 324; IPC 363
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Port Blair woman; Port Blair man; Port Blair resident; Port Blair man (4 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; Rs 2.1 lakh (Rs 2,15,000)
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. Off-duty police constable intruded into his estranged wife's paternal house on the night of 25/26 December 2009, dealt dah blows to a servant and his father-in-law, set the house afire with petrol, and took a minor boy hostage until overpowered by police. The Additional Sessions Judge, Port Blair convicted him under IPC sections 307/436/506-II/427/429/324/363 with life terms for sections 307 and 436 plus Rs. 2 lakh and Rs. 15,000 compensation. The Calcutta High Court's Port Blair Circuit Bench held the trial court had accurately assessed the evidence and dismissed the appeal on 17 December 2013. The Supreme Court later dismissed his appeal but reduced the life sentence to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment on 29 April 2019.

> We are of the opinion that the learned Trial Court has accurately assessed the evidence. Both the conviction and punishment are well founded. No interference is called for.

**Sources (3):** [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e41e4a93261a672e0219); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56ea9340607dba378d9d5073); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/41955619/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Nicobar Islands Police Police Constable v. 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Calcutta High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Calcutta High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'CRA No. 016 of 2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2013-12-17', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'CRA No. 016 of 2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e41e4a93261a672e0219', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56ea9340607dba378d9d5073', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/41955619/', '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 conviction confirmed via SC order record + CaseMine snippets (primary text 403); SC later cut life to 10 yrs RI.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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