# Uttarakhand Police Constable vs State of Uttarakhand

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 August 2023 in Criminal Revision No. 793 of 2022, the Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Alok Kumar Verma, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, Uttarakhand Police escort party (Haridwar courts).

- Register number: UK 08 CW 0005
- Case reference: Criminal Revision No. 793 of 2022 / (2023) 08 UK CK 0135
- Court and date: Uttarakhand High Court (Coram: Alok Kumar Verma, J.), 23 August 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Uttarakhand Police escort party (Haridwar courts)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Revisionist was acquitted of the charge framed under Section 224 IPC, however, he was convicted under Section 223 IPC.” (at para 8)
- 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/1174742/constable-rakshpal-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0024)

**Record:** CW-2023-0024 (compiler id CWC-0412); case UTTARA-009
**Title:** Uttarakhand Police Constable vs State of Uttarakhand
**Court:** Uttarakhand High Court; judges: Alok Kumar Verma
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Revision No. 793 of 2022 / (2023) 08 UK CK 0135
**Judgment:** 2023-08-23 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-07-25 (2003)
**Place:** Haridwar, Uttarakhand; city town: Haridwar; police station or unit: Uttarakhand Police escort party (Haridwar courts); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 223
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Uttarakhand Police escort party (Haridwar courts) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The judgment of the Uttarakhand High Court records the following account. On 25 July 2003 Constable and fellow constables were escorting accused \[name withheld\] back after production before the Special Judge (Gangster Act) when he escaped from their custody at the railway station. The trial court convicted \[name withheld\] under Section 223 IPC in August 2018 with a Rs 2,000 fine, acquitting him under Section 224, and the I Additional Sessions Judge, Haridwar dismissed his appeal in December 2022. In criminal revision the Uttarakhand High Court left the findings of the courts below untouched but, noting 20-year pendency, a clean record and probation granted to two co-accused, altered the sentence to release on probation of good conduct for six months on a Rs 30,000 bond. The court directed that Section 12 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 shall apply. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Revisionist was acquitted of the charge framed under Section 224 IPC, however, he was convicted under Section 223 IPC.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1174742/constable-rakshpal-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-respondent/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/64f0cf4db5a7ac7336374918)
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Uttarakhand Police Constable 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**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': '(2023) 08 UK CK 0135', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2023-08-23', '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': '(2023) 08 UK CK 0135', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1174742/constable-rakshpal-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-uttarakhand-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/64f0cf4db5a7ac7336374918', '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:** Conviction under s.223 IPC maintained; sentence altered to six months probation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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