Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: AIRONLINE 2018 DEL 2424
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CW-2018-0003Dehradun, UttarakhandJudgment 6 February 2018
Uttarakhand Police Sub-Inspector (SHO, PS Dalanwala) v. CBI (Dehradun Man fake encounter case)
The Delhi High Court confirmed the life sentences (plus Rs 50,000 fine each) of seven Uttarakhand policemen for abducting 20-year-old a Dehradun man after a noon scuffle on 3 July 2009 and shooting him dead in a staged encounter near Raipur, Dehradun. Holding the police self-defence version disproved, the Court confirmed the convictions under Sections 120-B, 302 and 364 read with 120-B IPC, while acquitting A-8 to [name withheld] for want of evidence of the larger plan. The Court cancelled the bail of A-1 to A-7, directing surrender forthwith. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 6 February 2018 in CRL.A. Nos. 1003/2014 and connected appeals (against Special CBI Court, Delhi; trial transferred from Dehradun), the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, I. S. Mehta, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 7 police personnel, namely: Santosh Kumar Jaiswal (A1) (Sub-Inspector (SHO, PS Dalanwala)); Gopal Dutt Bhatt (A2) (Sub-Inspector); Rajesh Bisht (A3) (Sub-Inspector); Neeraj Kumar (A4) (Sub-Inspector); Nitin Chauhan (A5) (Sub-Inspector); Chander Mohan Singh Rawat (A6) (Sub-Inspector); Ajeet Singh (A7) (Constable).
- Register number
- UK 07 CW 0004
- Case reference
- CRL.A. Nos. 1003/2014 and connected appeals (against Special CBI Court, Delhi; trial transferred from Dehradun) / AIRONLINE 2018 DEL 2424
- Court and date
- Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, I. S. Mehta, JJ.), 6 February 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Santosh Kumar Jaiswal (A1) (Sub-Inspector (SHO, PS Dalanwala)); Gopal Dutt Bhatt (A2) (Sub-Inspector); Rajesh Bisht (A3) (Sub-Inspector); Neeraj Kumar (A4) (Sub-Inspector); Nitin Chauhan (A5) (Sub-Inspector); Chander Mohan Singh Rawat (A6) (Sub-Inspector); Ajeet Singh (A7) (Constable)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “This Court confirms the conviction of A-1 to A-7 for the offences under Section 120-B IPC and Sections 302 and 364 read with Section 120-B IPC.” (at para 174)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Delhi High Court judgment dated 6 February 2018 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“This Court confirms the conviction of A-1 to A-7 for the offences under Section 120-B IPC and Sections 302 and 364 read with Section 120-B IPC.” (para 174)
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Institutional response
6 Feb 2018
Order issued
ConcludedThe Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: AIRONLINE 2018 DEL 2424
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Follow-up history
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.