# The State vs Nicobar Police Police Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 August 2026 in CRA (DB) 6 of 2024 with CRA (DB) 4 of 2024, the High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair (Coram: Arijit Banerjee, Apurba Sinha Ray, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Police Constable, PS Aberdeen, Andaman and Nicobar Police.

- Register number: AN 01 CW 0004
- Case reference: CRA (DB) 6 of 2024 with CRA (DB) 4 of 2024
- Court and date: High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair (Coram: Arijit Banerjee, Apurba Sinha Ray, JJ.), 6 August 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, PS Aberdeen, Andaman and Nicobar Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Ninety percent (90%) of the fine amount, if realized, shall be disbursed to the victim as compensation.” (at para sentence order)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/18626796/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0087)

**Record:** CW-2026-0087 (compiler id CWC-1368); case cop-an-hc-1
**Title:** The State vs Nicobar Police Police Constable
**Court:** High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair; judges: Arijit Banerjee; Apurba Sinha Ray
**Case number / citation:** CRA (DB) 6 of 2024 with CRA (DB) 4 of 2024
**Judgment:** 2026-08-06 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands; police station or unit: PS Aberdeen; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** 376 IPC; 312 IPC
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, PS Aberdeen, Andaman and Nicobar Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Port Blair woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The High Court convicted a serving police constable by its judgment dated 23.04.2026, reversing the Sessions Judge's acquittal dated 24.04.2024 in Sessions Case No. 32 of 2015. The High Court held that intimacy was secured on a false promise of marriage and that the complainant lady constable was coerced into abortions. The High Court imposed the minimum seven-year rigorous imprisonment plus fine for the sexual offence and a concurrent one-year term plus fine for the second offence. The High Court directed that ninety percent of any fine realized be disbursed to the victim as compensation.

> Ninety percent (90%) of the fine amount, if realized, shall be disbursed to the victim as compensation.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/18626796/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/32245148/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**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:** True
**court quote para:** sentence order
**display title redacted:** The State vs Nicobar Police Police Constable
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-08-06', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'conviction by hc', 'source': 'CRA (DB) 6 of 2024 with CRA (DB) 4 of 2024', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/18626796/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/32245148/', '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:** Sections field lists 417 IPC, but the High Court's conviction and sentencing order (primary source doc/18626796) are under Sections 376 and 312 IPC only; 417 IPC was part of the trial charge but not the conviction, and the sentence described covers only two offences.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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