State v. Surender Singh (Mayur Vihar PS shooting, FIR 30.06.2002)
The trial court convicted on-duty police-guard Constable Surender Singh on 28.01.2008 for firing indiscriminately with his issued SAF carbine at the gate of PS Mayur Vihar on 30.06.2002, killing relative an East Delhi man and injuring HC, holding it intentional murder and rejecting self-defence. He was sentenced to life imprisonment plus seven years RI. The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction on 18.05.2011 (Crl.A. 202/2008) and the Supreme Court confirmed it on 03.07.2024 (2024 INSC 462).
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 28 January 2008, the Sessions Court, Delhi (Mayur Vihar case; exact ASJ court not stated in appellate judgments) convicted the Surender Singh (Constable (santri/police guard)).
- Register number
- DL 07 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Conviction 28.01.2008; appeal Crl.A. 202/2008 (Delhi HC); 2024 INSC 462 (SC)
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Delhi (Mayur Vihar case; exact ASJ court not stated in appellate judgments), 28 January 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Surender Singh (Constable (santri/police guard))
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The learned Trial Judge has also convicted appellant for the offence punishable under Section 307 IPC for the injuries suffered by HC [name withheld] who was injured due to indiscriminate firing by the appellant. The appellant has been sentenced to …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment (s.302) + 7 years RI (s.307)
- 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, Delhi (Mayur Vihar case; exact ASJ court not stated in appellate judgments) convicted the accused police personnel on 28 January 2008. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Life imprisonment (s.302) + 7 years RI (s.307)
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 307
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text