# State v. Maharashtra Police Police personnel (rank not stated)

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Trial-court conviction (2nd Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur; Sessions Court). Convicted date not stated; before the Bombay High Court decided the appeal on 11 August 2003. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

The 2nd Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur, in Sessions Trial No.301/2001 convicted a police-department employee of strangling his wife on 24 February 2001 over unfulfilled dowry demands, sentencing him to death under IPC s.302 plus 3 years RI under s.498-A (acquitted under s.304-B); the trial judgment's exact date is not stated in the orders on record. On 11 August 2003 the Bombay High Court (Criminal Appeal No.141/2003 with Confirmation Case No.2/2003) upheld the conviction but commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. The cited source is a later Bombay High Court order of 26 November 2024 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 38 of 2024, which records this history.

## Report card

By judgment (date not stated in the sources; before the Bombay High Court decided the appeal on 11 August 2003), the 2nd Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur convicted the Police personnel (rank not stated), Maharashtra Police.

- Register number: MH 31 CW 0017
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 38 of 2024; reported in the judgment of the Bombay High Court
- Court and date: The 2nd Ad-hoc Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel (rank not stated), Maharashtra Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Sessions Court believing the testimony of PW-1 \[name withheld\], brother of deceased and PW-11 \[name withheld\], convicted the petitioner for an offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC and sentenced him to be hanged till death.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment for murder (IPC s.302): the Sessions Court's death sentence was commuted to life by the Bombay High Court on 11 August 2003. Also 3 years RI and Rs 3,000 fine under s.498-A; acquitted under s.304-B
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://lawtrend.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pradipsingh-Thakur-vs-State-of-Maharashtra.pdf); [Appellate judgment](https://lawtrend.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Pradipsingh-Thakur-vs-State-of-Maharashtra.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-03-004)

## At a glance

- Category: Other misconduct
- Sub-category: other
- Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Officers: Police personnel (rank not stated), Maharashtra Police
- Sentence: Life imprisonment for murder (IPC s.302): the Sessions Court's death sentence was commuted to life by the Bombay High Court on 11 August 2003. Also 3 years RI and Rs 3,000 fine under s.498-A; acquitted under s.304-B.
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