State v. Maharashtra Police Police Constable (suspended from service much before the incident)
The Additional Sessions Judge and Designated Judge for POCSO, Greater Bombay, on 12 April 2018 convicted former police constable in POCSO Special Case No.364/2014 for sexually assaulting a [name withheld] on 7 May 2014 (FIR Sion C.R. No.155/2014), relying on clinching DNA and medical evidence, and sentenced him to 10 years RI under IPC s.377 and POCSO s.4 plus 2 years under s.506-I. In December 2022 Justice Sarang Kotwal maintained the conviction but reduced the substantive sentence to the period already undergone (8+ years) citing good jail conduct.
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 12 April 2018, the Additional Sessions Judge and Designated Judge for POCSO, Greater Bombay convicted the Police Constable (suspended from service much before the incident), Maharashtra Police.
- Register number
- MH 01 CW 0031
- Case reference
- POCSO Special Case No. 364/2014 (Sion C.R. No. 155/2014)
- Court and date
- The Additional Sessions Judge and Designated Judge for POCSO, Greater Bombay, 12 April 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable (suspended from service much before the incident), Maharashtra Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 Part I of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “He was convicted for commission of offence punishable under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and was sentenced to suffer RI for ten years and to pay fine of Rs.20,000/-”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 10 yrs RI + Rs.20,000 fine (s.377); 2 yrs RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.506-I); 10 yrs RI + Rs.20,000 fine (POCSO s.4); fines to victim as compensation
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Additional Sessions Judge and Designated Judge for POCSO, Greater Bombay convicted the accused police personnel on 12 April 2018. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 10 yrs RI + Rs.20,000 fine (s.377); 2 yrs RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.506-I); 10 yrs RI + Rs.20,000 fine (POCSO s.4); fines to victim as compensation
Sections: IPC 377; IPC 506 Part I; POCSO Act 2012 s.4
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text