CW-2015-0001Haridwar, UttarakhandJudgment 7 January 2015

Uttarakhand Police Head Constable and others vs State of Uttarakhand

The Uttarakhand High Court affirmed the conviction of Head Constable and other escort personnel under Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code for negligently suffering the escape of an undertrial prisoner from custody. The police party was escorting prisoner Gulzar Khan by train from Haldwani to Dehradun on 12 August 2005 when the personnel fell asleep and the handcuffed prisoner escaped. The trial court had sentenced each appellant to three months' simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 500. While upholding the conviction, the High Court released the appellants on probation of good conduct for one year under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, and directed refund of the fine. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 7 January 2015 in Criminal Appeal No. 3 of 2015, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Umesh Chandra Dhyani, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Uttarakhand Police Escort Party; Constable, Uttarakhand Police Escort Party.

Register number
UK 08 CW 0002
Case reference
Criminal Appeal No. 3 of 2015 / (2015) 01 UK CK 0003
Court and date
Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Umesh Chandra Dhyani, J.), 7 January 2015
Officer(s) at the material time
Head Constable, Uttarakhand Police Escort Party; Constable, Uttarakhand Police Escort Party
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
Finding of the Court (extract)
“There is no infirmity in the impugned judgment so far as the conviction of the appellants for the offence punishable under Section 223 IPC is concerned. The conviction of the appellants under Section 223 IPC is, therefore, affirmed.” (at para 2)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Conviction upheld.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Uttarakhand High Court judgment dated 7 January 2015 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

1
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.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“There is no infirmity in the impugned judgment so far as the conviction of the appellants for the offence punishable under Section 223 IPC is concerned. The conviction of the appellants under Section 223 IPC is, therefore, affirmed.” (para 2)

Institutional response

2
Date not established

Conviction

Concluded
Trial court (as recorded in the Uttarakhand High Court judgment) External · Binding

The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Uttarakhand High Court judgment.

Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2015) 01 UK CK 0003
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7 Jan 2015

Order issued

Concluded
Uttarakhand High Court External · Binding

The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.

Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (2015) 01 UK CK 0003
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Follow-up history

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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.

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