State v. Lucknow Police Constable (dismissed), UP Police
The Court of Sessions Judge, Lucknow convicted a police constable on 17 September 2026 under Section 304 Part II IPC for the fatal shooting of a Lucknow man during a patrol stop in Gomti Nagar Vistar on the intervening night of 28-29 September 2018. The court found that firing the lethal shot exceeded lawful private defence and official authority; a second constable was acquitted. The separate order of 21 September imposed 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a Rs 20,000 fine, with two months' further imprisonment in default, and set off detention already undergone. The conviction and sentence are now verified against the court's own documents; a later appeal outcome has not been verified.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 17 September 2026, the Court of Sessions Judge, Lucknow convicted the Constable (dismissed), UP Police, Lucknow Police (Gomti Nagar).
- Register number
- UP 32 CW 0008
- Case reference
- Sessions Trial No. 49 of 2019; CNR UPLK010018472019; Crime No. 1132/2018, PS Gomti Nagar
- Court and date
- The Court of Sessions Judge, Lucknow, 17 September 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable (dismissed), UP Police, Lucknow Police (Gomti Nagar)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Facts in brief
- The Court of Sessions Judge, Lucknow convicted a police constable on 17 September 2026 under Section 304 Part II IPC for the fatal shooting of a Lucknow man during a patrol stop in Gomti Nagar Vistar on the intervening night of 28-29 September 2018. The court found that firing the lethal shot exceeded lawful private defence and official authority; a second constable was acquitted. The separate order of 21 September imposed 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a Rs 20,000 fine, with two months' further imprisonment in default, and set off detention already undergone. The conviction and sentence are now verified against the court's own documents; a later appeal outcome has not been verified.
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000 under Section 304 Part II IPC; two months' further imprisonment in default of payment. Sentencing order dated 21 September 2026; detention already undergone is set off
- Present status of the proceedings
- Whether the conviction was appealed is not 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 Sessions Judge, Lucknow convicted the accused police personnel on 17 September 2026. Whether the conviction was appealed is not known from the cited sources; treat recent convictions as possibly appealable.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000 under Section 304 Part II IPC; two months' further imprisonment in default of payment. Sentencing order dated 21 September 2026; detention already undergone is set off.
Sections: IPC 304 Part II
Appeal status
Unknown.