# Nurul Islam v. State of Meghalaya

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 March 2023 in Crl.A. No. 12 of 2022, the Meghalaya High Court (Coram: Sanjib Banerjee, W. Diengdoh, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Nurul Islam (Officer-in-Charge).

- Register number: ML 00 CW 0003
- Case reference: Crl.A. No. 12 of 2022
- Court and date: Meghalaya High Court (Coram: Sanjib Banerjee, W. Diengdoh, JJ.), 22 March 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Nurul Islam (Officer-in-Charge)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376(2)(i) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; Section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This is a ghastly case of a policeman, an officer-in-charge of a police station no less, molesting and raping girl children with gay abandon.” (at para 1)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- 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/134012635/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0006)

**Record:** CW-2023-0006 (compiler id CWC-0477); case SWCUSTOD-006
**Title:** Nurul Islam v. State of Meghalaya
**Court:** Meghalaya High Court; judges: Sanjib Banerjee; W. Diengdoh
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. No. 12 of 2022
**Judgment:** 2023-03-22 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2013-03-13 (2013)
**Place:** South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya; city town: Ampati; police station or unit: Ampati PS; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 342; IPC 354; IPC 376(2)(i); IPC 506; POCSO s.6; POCSO s.10
**Officers (gated display forms):** Nurul Islam (Officer-in-Charge) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ampati girl, age 13; Ampati girl, age 17 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Meghalaya High Court dismissed the appeal of OC Ampati PS Nurul Islam, upholding his POCSO court conviction for detaining two minor sisters aged 13 and 17 at the station on 13 March 2013 and molesting them in his chamber, and raping the elder sister at her home on 31 March 2013. The Court rejected the defence that the survivors' alleged prostitution discredited them and that their age was unproved, holding there could be no reasonable doubt as to culpability. It found the March 2022 conviction and sentence called for no interference. The appeal was dismissed without touching the trial court's sentence.

> This is a ghastly case of a policeman, an officer-in-charge of a police station no less, molesting and raping girl children with gay abandon.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/134012635/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/meghalaya-high-court-cop-rape-minors-loose-character-survivors-porstitution-conviction-upheld-224657)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 1
**display title redacted:** Nurul Islam v. State of Meghalaya
**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 Meghalaya High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Meghalaya High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Crl.A. No. 12 of 2022', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2023-03-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Meghalaya High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Meghalaya High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Crl.A. No. 12 of 2022', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/134012635/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/meghalaya-high-court-cop-rape-minors-loose-character-survivors-porstitution-conviction-upheld-224657', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial rape sexual assault
**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 dismissed appeal; OC Ampati's POCSO conviction upheld without interference.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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