# CBI blinding case arising from Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80 (blinding of Bhagalpur Man) — State (CBI) vs Bihar Police Assistant Sub-Inspector ('Jamadar Verma')

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Trial-court conviction (Trial Magistrate, CBI case (Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80; exact court/number unstated — first appeals Cr. App. 107 & 116/1987); Magistrate's Court). Convicted 1987. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

The trial court (CBI blinding case from Amarpur PS) convicted ASI ('\[name withheld\]', standing beside the OIC when acid was poured) for the custodial blinding of a Bhagalpur man on 21 June 1980, sentencing him to 2 years RI (120B) + 1 year RI (326/34) with fines. The lower appellate court dismissed his joint first appeal (Cr. App. 116/1987). The Patna High Court dismissed his separate criminal revision (890/1990) on 8 September 1997, upholding the conviction. Exact trial-court name, trial number and conviction date were unstated in the opened revision judgment; the 8.9.1997 revision order itself was not opened (recited in the 11.3.1998 judgment).

## Report card

By judgment in 1987, the Trial Magistrate, CBI case (Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80; exact court/number unstated — first appeals Cr. App. 107 & 116/1987) convicted the Assistant Sub-Inspector ('Jamadar Verma'), Amarpur Police Station, Bhagalpur, Bihar Police.

- Register number: BR 10 CW 0002
- Case reference: Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80 (Cr. App. 116/1987; Cr. Rev. 890/1990); reported in the judgment of the Trial Magistrate, CBI blinding case, Patna (exact court unstated)
- Court and date: The Trial Magistrate, CBI case (Amarpur P.S. Case No. 15(6)80; exact court/number unstated — first appeals Cr. App. 107 & 116/1987), 1987
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector ('Jamadar Verma'), Amarpur Police Station, Bhagalpur, Bihar Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 326 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Cr. Rev. No. 890 of 1990, filed at the instance of \[name withheld\]. Verma was heard earlier and was dismissed by a learned Judge of this Court by judgment and order dated 8.9.1997”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial court: 2 years RI u/s 120B + 1 year RI u/s 326/34 + Rs 1,000 fine under each count (6 months SI in default of each); concurrent. First appeal (Cr. App. 116/1987, joint with Gupta) dismissed, conviction confirmed; Patna HC dismissed his criminal revision (Cr. Rev. 890/1990) on 8 September 1997 — conviction upheld (as recorded in Aftab Alam, J.'s 11 March 1998 judgment in the co-accuseds' revisions)
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/771046/shiv-shankar-prasad-gupta-appellant-hash-the-state-of-bihar-respondent/); [Appellate judgment](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/771046/shiv-shankar-prasad-gupta-appellant-hash-the-state-of-bihar-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-02-007)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: custodial torture
- Location: Bhagalpur, Bihar
- Officers: Assistant Sub-Inspector ('Jamadar Verma'), Amarpur Police Station, Bhagalpur, Bihar Police
- Sentence: Trial court: 2 years RI u/s 120B + 1 year RI u/s 326/34 + Rs 1,000 fine under each count (6 months SI in default of each); concurrent. First appeal (Cr. App. 116/1987, joint with Gupta) dismissed, conviction confirmed; Patna HC dismissed his criminal revision (Cr. Rev. 890/1990) on 8 September 1997 — conviction upheld (as recorded in Aftab Alam, J.'s 11 March 1998 judgment in the co-accuseds' revisions)
- Verification: V2 · Trial court