# Sessions Trial No. 551/93 (Jagannathpur P.S. Case No. 162/90; G.R. No. 2777/90) — State vs nine police personnel of Jagannathpur Police Station

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Trial-court conviction (Second Additional Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi (Sessions Trial No. 551/93); Sessions Court). Convicted 27 March 1996. Appeal status: No appeal known.

## Summary

The Second Additional Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi, by judgment dated 27 March 1996 (sentence 29 March 1996) convicted all nine accused police personnel of Jagannathpur Police Station in Sessions Trial No. 551/93, holding that on 27 July 1990 they caught a Ranchi man @ a Ranchi man, \[name withheld\] @ \[name withheld\] and a Ranchi man near Hesag wine bhatti, assaulted them with iron rods, dantas and rifle butts, transported them on the thana jeep and assaulted them again at Birsa Chowk, causing their deaths. Each convict was sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment with Rs 20,000 fine. The Supreme Court (W.P.(Crl.) 621/1992, Pratul Kumar Sinha) had earlier ordered the arrests and Rs 25,000 ex-gratia per family; as of the 2003 compensation judgment the \[name withheld\] could not say whether any appeal was filed.

## Report card

By judgment dated 27 March 1996, the Second Additional Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi (Sessions Trial No. 551/93) convicted the ranks not stated, Jagannathpur Police Station, Ranchi (then Bihar, now Jharkhand).

- Register number: JH 01 CW 0001
- Case reference: Sessions Trial No. 551/93
- Court and date: The Second Additional Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi (Sessions Trial No. 551/93), 27 March 1996
- Officer(s) at the material time: ranks not stated, Jagannathpur Police Station, Ranchi (then Bihar, now Jharkhand)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “it was held that the charges levelled against all the nine police personnels were proved and they were held guilty and the learned Court sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years and also to pay …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Rigorous imprisonment for 10 years each + fine of Rs 20,000 each (2 years simple imprisonment in default of fine)
- Present status of the proceedings: No appeal is known from the cited sources.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/520221/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-02-002)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: custodial death
- Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand
- Officers: ranks not stated, Jagannathpur Police Station, Ranchi (then Bihar, now Jharkhand)
- Sentence: Rigorous imprisonment for 10 years each + fine of Rs 20,000 each (2 years simple imprisonment in default of fine)
- Verification: V2 · Trial court