# J&K Police Constable v. State of Jammu and Kashmir

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 December 2024 in CRA No. 17 of 2010, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Kumar, Puneet Gupta, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, J&K Police, District Udhampur.

- Register number: JK 14 CW 0001
- Case reference: CRA No. 17 of 2010 / 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 14
- Court and date: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Kumar, Puneet Gupta, JJ.), 31 December 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, J&K Police, District Udhampur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 3(4) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For the foregoing reasons, we dismiss the appeal and uphold the judgment of conviction and the order of sentence passed by the trial Court.” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 3 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/113743568/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0024)

**Record:** CW-2024-0024 (compiler id CWC-0643); case SWOTHERM-007
**Title:** J&K Police Constable v. State of Jammu and Kashmir
**Court:** Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (verified as High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh); bench: Jammu; judges: Sanjeev Kumar; Puneet Gupta
**Case number / citation:** CRA No. 17 of 2010 / 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 14
**Judgment:** 2024-12-31 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-09-29 (2001)
**Place:** Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** POTA 2002 s.3(4)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, J&K Police, District Udhampur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court records the following account. Constable of District Udhampur police absented without authorisation from 29 September to 11 November 2001; on rejoining, police seized militants' photographs and film negatives from him, and investigation established he was harbouring Mahore-area militants to spread militancy, culminating in a confessional statement before the SSP Poonch under s.32 POTA. The POTA Designated Court (Jammu) convicted him under s.3(4) POTA in July 2010 with 3 years imprisonment plus Rs.1,000 fine. A Division Bench of Justices Sanjeev Kumar and Puneet Gupta dismissed his appeal, holding a s.32 POTA confession must be of sterling value and corroborated as a matter of prudence, upheld the conviction and sentence, cancelled his bail bonds, and ordered surrender within ten days.

> For the foregoing reasons, we dismiss the appeal and uphold the judgment of conviction and the order of sentence passed by the trial Court.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/113743568/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/doc-20250129-wa0005-584258.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jammu-kashmir/jammu-and-kashmir-high-court-confession-must-be-of-sterling-value-corroborated-court-upholds-conviction-under-pota-282527)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** J&K Police Constable v. State of Jammu and Kashmir
**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 Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 14', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2024-12-31', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 14', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/113743568/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/doc-20250129-wa0005-584258.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jammu-kashmir/jammu-and-kashmir-high-court-confession-must-be-of-sterling-value-corroborated-court-upholds-conviction-under-pota-282527', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** J&K HC dismissed POTA appeal, upholding constable's 3-year conviction for harbouring militants; text verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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