# U.P. Police Constable vs State of U.P.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 December 2022 in Criminal Appeal No. 4666 of 2014, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, Ajai Tyagi, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, U.P. Police, Police Station Chikasi, Hamirpur.

- Register number: UP 91 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 4666 of 2014
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, Ajai Tyagi, JJ.), 22 December 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, U.P. Police, Police Station Chikasi, Hamirpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 (trial court; converted to s.304 Part I on appeal) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304 Part I of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On overall scrutiny of the facts and circumstances of this case coupled with dying declaration and other evidence on record, we are of the considered opinion that offence would be punishable under Section 304 (Part I) because it appears that …” (at para 17)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 10.58 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/95858626/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0036)

**Record:** CW-2022-0036 (compiler id CWC-0966); case GAP3-8-001
**Title:** U.P. Police Constable vs State of U.P.
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Kaushal Jayendra Thaker; Ajai Tyagi
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 4666 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2022-12-22 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-01-02 (2008)
**Place:** Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Chikasi; police station or unit: Police Station Chikasi, District Hamirpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302 (trial court; converted to s.304 Part I on appeal); IPC 323; IPC 304 Part I
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, U.P. Police, Police Station Chikasi, Hamirpur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chikasi woman; Chikasi man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 10.58 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Allahabad High Court (Division Bench, 22 December 2022) partly allowed Criminal Appeal No. 4666 of 2014 but sustained the guilt of U.P. Police Constable of Police Station Chikasi, Hamirpur, who on 2 January 2008 abused and beat fellow constable with a rifle butt at the station gate and then fired his government rifle at the constable's mother \[name withheld\] when she intervened; she died of the gunshot injury after giving a dying declaration. The Court held the killing was homicidal but unpremeditated, a single shot in the spur of the moment, converting the trial court's Section 302 IPC life sentence (Sessions Trial No. 9 of 2009, decided 27 November 2014) to Section 304 Part I IPC. The appellant was sentenced to the period already undergone (10 years 7 months with remission) with a fine of Rs.5,000 (three months' simple imprisonment in default). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On overall scrutiny of the facts and circumstances of this case coupled with dying declaration and other evidence on record, we are of the considered opinion that offence would be punishable under Section 304 (Part I) because it appears that the death of the deceased was not premeditated and it is a case of single gun shot. This case falls within the purview of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/95858626/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 17
**display title redacted:** U.P. Police Constable vs State of U.P.
**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 Allahabad High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 4666 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2022-12-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 4666 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/95858626/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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 sustained guilt of police constable; 302 converted to 304 Part I, sentence cut to time undergone.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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