# State of J&K v. Kupwara Police Station House Officer and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 August 2025 in CRAA No. 12 of 2011, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Parihar, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Station House Officer, Sogam Police Station, Kupwara.

- Register number: JK 09 CW 0002
- Case reference: CRAA No. 12 of 2011 / 2025:JKLHC-SGR:242
- Court and date: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Parihar, JJ.), 30 August 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Sogam Police Station, Kupwara
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Ranbir Penal Code; Section 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having regard to the facts and circumstance of the case, we deem it appropriate to hold him guilty for having committed offence of murder in conspiracy with respondent No. 1 (now deceased) and sentence him to imprisonment for life prescribed …” (at para 38)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://lawbeat.in/pdf_upload/state-of-jk-v-gh-rasool-wani-anr-2075518.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0016)

**Record:** CW-2025-0016 (compiler id CWC-0061); case SWOTHERM-023
**Title:** State of J&K v. Kupwara Police Station House Officer and others
**Court:** Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (verified as High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh); judges: Sanjeev Kumar; Sanjay Parihar
**Case number / citation:** CRAA No. 12 of 2011 / 2025:JKLHC-SGR:242
**Judgment:** 2025-08-30 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-05-12 (2003)
**Place:** Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir; city town: Kupwara; police station or unit: Sogam Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** RPC 302; RPC 120-B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Sogam Police Station, Kupwara (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kupwara resident; Kupwara resident (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court records the following account. On 12 May 2003, a Jaish-e-Mohammed fidayeen attacked police and CRPF personnel near the SBI branch in Kupwara town, killing two CRPF men and injuring six. Investigation showed that then-SHO \[name withheld\] \[name withheld\] had ferried the attacker from Sogam to Kupwara in an official Tata 407 police vehicle and planted him at the attack site. The Sessions Judge, Kupwara, acquitted Wani in January 2011. The High Court held the acquittal perverse, found the SHO proved as a conspirator in the murder, sentenced him to life imprisonment under Sections 302 read with 120-B RPC, and directed surrender before the trial court, while confirming the co-accused's acquittal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Having regard to the facts and circumstance of the case, we deem it appropriate to hold him guilty for having committed offence of murder in conspiracy with respondent No. 1 (now deceased) and sentence him to imprisonment for life prescribed under Section 302 RPC. He shall surrender to custody of the trial Court and the latter shall draw formal order of sentence and commit him to custody, so as to undergo the sentence of imprisonment of life.

**Sources (3):** [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/pdf_upload/state-of-jk-v-gh-rasool-wani-anr-2075518.pdf); [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/jk-and-ladakh-high-court-convicts-ex-sho-ghulam-rasool-for-aiding-2003-kupwara-fidayeen-attack-1518136); [devdiscourse.com](https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3610190-ex-police-officer-sentenced-for-fidayeen-attack-justice-served-decades-later)
**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:** 38
**display title redacted:** State of J&K v. Kupwara Police Station House Officer and others
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-08-30', '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 entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2025:JKLHC-SGR:242', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/pdf_upload/state-of-jk-v-gh-rasool-wani-anr-2075518.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/jk-and-ladakh-high-court-convicts-ex-sho-ghulam-rasool-for-aiding-2003-kupwara-fidayeen-attack-1518136', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3610190-ex-police-officer-sentenced-for-fidayeen-attack-justice-served-decades-later', '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 reversed SHO's acquittal and convicted him of murder-conspiracy for aiding 2003 fidayeen attack; life term.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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