# Special (POCSO) Case No. 10 of 2014 — State vs \[name South West Garo Hills Girl\] (chargesheet No. 12/2013 dated 06/11/2013)

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Trial-court conviction (Special Judge (POCSO), Shillong; Sessions Court). Convicted 24 March 2022. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

The Special Judge (POCSO), Shillong, in Special (POCSO) Case No. 10 of 2014, convicted then-Ampati OC for molesting and raping two minor sisters (aged 13 and 17), holding him guilty under the POCSO Act, 2012 and the IPC; judgment was delivered 24 March 2022 and sentence pronounced 28 March 2022. The girls had been detained at Ampati Police Station on 13 March 2013 and assaulted in the OC's chamber, and the elder was raped again at home on 31 March 2013. The Meghalaya High Court (Crl.A.No.12/2022, decided 22/03/2023) upheld the conviction and sentence, rejecting the defence that the survivors' alleged 'loose character' diminished the policeman's culpability.

## Report card

By judgment dated 24 March 2022, the Special Judge (POCSO), Shillong convicted the Officer-in-Charge (then OC, Ampati Police Station; later dismissed/put off duty), Ampati Police Station, South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya Police.

- Register number: ML 00 CW 0002
- Case reference: Special (POCSO) Case No.10/2014; reported in the judgment of the Meghalaya High Court
- Court and date: The Special Judge (POCSO), Shillong, 24 March 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Officer-in-Charge (then OC, Ampati Police Station; later dismissed/put off duty), Ampati Police Station, South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This is a ghastly case of a policeman, an officer-in-charge of a police station no less, molesting and raping girl children with gay abandon.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Sentence pronounced 28/03/2022; quantum not stated in available reports or appellate judgment (HC: 'the appropriate punishment has been awarded'); conviction and sentence upheld by Meghalaya HC on 22/03/2023
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/134012635/); [Appellate judgment](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/134012635/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2-12-005)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: custodial rape sexual assault
- Location: South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya
- Officers: Officer-in-Charge (then OC, Ampati Police Station; later dismissed/put off duty), Ampati Police Station, South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya Police
- Sentence: Sentence pronounced 28/03/2022; quantum not stated in available reports or appellate judgment (HC: 'the appropriate punishment has been awarded'); conviction and sentence upheld by Meghalaya HC on 22/03/2023
- Verification: V1 · Trial court