State vs Delhi Police Head Constable (No. 327/NW)
ASJ [name withheld] convicted four Delhi Police personnel of PS Alipur — Head Constables and [name withheld] and Constables and [name withheld] — for the custodial death of a North Delhi man, whom they kept in illegal detention on 15 August 1999 and beat and tortured until he died. The court held knowledge of likely death imputable to all four and convicted them under section 304 Part II read with section 34 IPC. (A fifth accused, [name withheld], died during trial and proceedings against him abated.)
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By judgment dated 26 February 2015, the Court of Sh. Dig Vinay Singh, Additional Sessions Judge / Special Judge NDPS (North-West), Rohini Courts, Delhi convicted 4 police personnel, namely: Head Constable (No. 327/NW), Delhi Police, PS Alipur; Head Constable (No. 643/NW), Delhi Police, PS Alipur; Constable (No. 811/NW), Delhi Police, PS Alipur; Constable (No. 1729/NW), Delhi Police, PS Alipur.
- Register number
- DL 01 CW 0007
- Case reference
- SC No. 28/13; FIR No. 251/99, PS Alipur
- Court and date
- The Court of Sh. Dig Vinay Singh, Additional Sessions Judge / Special Judge NDPS (North-West), Rohini Courts, Delhi, 26 February 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable (No. 327/NW), Delhi Police, PS Alipur; Head Constable (No. 643/NW), Delhi Police, PS Alipur; Constable (No. 811/NW), Delhi Police, PS Alipur; Constable (No. 1729/NW), Delhi Police, PS Alipur
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The four accused are thus held guilty and convicted U/s 304 part II r/w Section 34 of IPC.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Separate order on sentence not in available copy (conviction judgment only); needs eCourts verification
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Court of Sh. Dig Vinay Singh, Additional Sessions Judge / Special Judge NDPS (North-West), Rohini Courts, Delhi convicted the accused police personnel on 26 February 2015. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Separate order on sentence not in available copy (conviction judgment only); needs eCourts verification
Sections: IPC 304 Part II r/w IPC 34
Appeal status
No appeal known.