# Uttarakhand Police Head Constable and others vs State of Uttarakhand

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/254454/head-constable-41-ap-puran-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0001)

**Record:** CW-2015-0001 (compiler id CWC-0406); case UTTARA-003
**Title:** Uttarakhand Police Head Constable and others vs State of Uttarakhand
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: Umesh Chandra Dhyani
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 3 of 2015 / (2015) 01 UK CK 0003
**Judgment:** 2015-01-07 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-08-12 (2005)
**Place:** Haridwar, Uttarakhand; city town: Haridwar; police station or unit: Uttarakhand Police Escort Party; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 223; Probation of Offenders Act 1958 s.4
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Uttarakhand Police Escort Party; Constable, Uttarakhand Police Escort Party (2 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

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.

> 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.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/254454/head-constable-41-ap-puran-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-respondent/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e3c44a93261a672b80cb)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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 and others vs 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Uttarakhand High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Uttarakhand High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2015) 01 UK CK 0003', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2015-01-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Uttarakhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(2015) 01 UK CK 0003', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/254454/head-constable-41-ap-puran-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e3c44a93261a672b80cb', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 affirmed conviction of Head Constable and escort constables under IPC 223 for negligent escape of prisoner, releasing them on probation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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