State vs Jaisalmer Police Head Constable (Constable from 30-04-1971, promoted 26-03-1973)
Head Constable (Police Wireless, Jaisalmer) was convicted on 15 February 2001 under IPC ss.304B/498A and sentenced to 10 years' RI; he was dismissed from service on 10-10-2001 under Rule 19(2) CCA Rules. The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur (SB Criminal Appeal No.117/2001) on 10 March 2004 set aside the s.304B conviction but retained the s.498A conviction, reducing the sentence to the period already undergone. His widow [name withheld]'s writ (SB CWP 5632/2007) seeking quashing of the dismissal was decided by [name withheld] on 13 February 2017. Trial court name and case facts not stated; appeal treated as conviction sustained in part.
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 15 February 2001, the Sessions Court (exact designation not stated; s.304B IPC triable by Sessions Court; SB Crl. Appeal 117/2001 at Jodhpur) convicted the Head Constable (Constable from 30-04-1971, promoted 26-03-1973), Police Wireless/Telecommunication, Jaisalmer (R/o Police Line, Jaisalmer).
- Register number
- RJ 15 CW 0001
- Case reference
- S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 5632/2007; reported in the judgment of the Rajasthan High Court
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court (exact designation not stated; s.304B IPC triable by Sessions Court; SB Crl. Appeal 117/2001 at Jodhpur), 15 February 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable (Constable from 30-04-1971, promoted 26-03-1973), Police Wireless/Telecommunication, Jaisalmer (R/o Police Line, Jaisalmer)
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “the High Court vide judgment dt.10/03/2004 set aside the conviction of the petitioner for the major offence under Section 304 of IPC and convicted the petitioner only for the offence under Section 498-A of IPC.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 10 years RI (trial court)
- 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.
Sessions Court (exact designation not stated; s.304B IPC triable by Sessions Court; SB Crl. Appeal 117/2001 at Jodhpur) convicted the accused police personnel on 15 February 2001. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 10 years RI (trial court)
Sections: IPC 498A
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text