# CRPF Constable v. State of Chhattisgarh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 June 2025 in CRA No. 1950 of 2024, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Bibhu Datta Guru, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, CRPF 168th Battalion, G Company, Basaguda, Bijapur.

- Register number: CG 20 CW 0002
- Case reference: CRA No. 1950 of 2024 / 2025:CGHC:25748-DB; 2025 LiveLaw (Chh) 60
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Bibhu Datta Guru, JJ.), 19 June 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, CRPF 168th Battalion, G Company, Basaguda, Bijapur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 25(1B)(a) of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 27(1) of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “From the analysis of the deposition made by the prosecution witnesses, we are of the considered opinion that the prosecution has been successful in proving its case beyond reasonable doubt and the learned trial Court has not committed any legal …” (at para 33)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- 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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/display--longworkinghours-606479.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0041)

**Record:** CW-2025-0041 (compiler id CWC-1269); case GAP3-81-003
**Title:** CRPF Constable v. State of Chhattisgarh
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: Ramesh Sinha; Bibhu Datta Guru
**Case number / citation:** CRA No. 1950 of 2024 / 2025:CGHC:25748-DB; 2025 LiveLaw (Chh) 60
**Judgment:** 2025-06-19 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2017-12-09 (2017)
**Place:** Bijapur, Chhattisgarh; city town: Basaguda; police station or unit: CRPF 168th Battalion camp, Basaguda; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 307; Arms Act 25(1B)(a); Arms Act 27(1)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, CRPF 168th Battalion, G Company, Basaguda, Bijapur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Basaguda resident; Basaguda resident; Basaguda resident; Basaguda resident; Basaguda resident (5 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Drop/replace tagline with defence plea (conversion to s.304, stress/leave) and its rejection (para 32). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> From the analysis of the deposition made by the prosecution witnesses, we are of the considered opinion that the prosecution has been successful in proving its case beyond reasonable doubt and the learned trial Court has not committed any legal or factual error in arriving at the finding with regard to the guilt of the appellant/convict.

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/display--longworkinghours-606479.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/chattisgarh-high-court/chhattisgarh-high-court-upholds-conviction-crpf-constable-murder-of-four-personnel-strenuous-conditions-naxal-area-295755); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2025/06/27/chhattisgarh-hc-upholds-conviction-crpf-personnel-killed-colleagues/); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/chhattisgarh-high-court/crpf-constable-murder-four-colleagues-sant-kumar-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-2025cghc25748-db-1582498)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**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:** 33
**display title redacted:** CRPF Constable v. State of Chhattisgarh
**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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Chhattisgarh High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Chhattisgarh High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2025:CGHC:25748-DB; 2025 LiveLaw (Chh) 60', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2025-06-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Chhattisgarh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2025:CGHC:25748-DB; 2025 LiveLaw (Chh) 60', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/display--longworkinghours-606479.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/chattisgarh-high-court/chhattisgarh-high-court-upholds-conviction-crpf-constable-murder-of-four-personnel-strenuous-conditions-naxal-area-295755', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2025/06/27/chhattisgarh-hc-upholds-conviction-crpf-personnel-killed-colleagues/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/chhattisgarh-high-court/crpf-constable-murder-four-colleagues-sant-kumar-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-2025cghc25748-db-1582498', '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:** Conviction of CRPF constable for murder of four colleagues upheld; victims were fellow personnel, not civilians.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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