State vs Manipur Police Police Driver
The Manipur Sessions trial court convicted police driver [name a Unknown girl] and a co-accused under IPC sections 376(2)(g) and 120B for the gang rape of a [name a Unknown girl] on 20 October 2012, sentencing each to 15 years RI (Rs.25,000 fine) and 10 years RI (Rs.10,000 fine), concurrent. The Manipur High Court affirmed the conviction, and the Supreme Court on 30 April 2019 partly allowed the appeals, upholding the conviction but reducing each sentence to 8 years.
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 30 April 2019, the Sessions Court, Manipur (trial court not named in appellate judgment) convicted the Police Driver, Manipur Police.
- Register number
- MN 00 CW 0004
- Case reference
- SC Crl. Appeal Nos.805-806/2019; Manipur HC Crl. Jail Appeal Nos.2-3/2014; reported in the judgment of the Sessions Court, Manipur (trial court; exact designation not stated in appellate judgment)
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Manipur (trial court not named in appellate judgment), 30 April 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Driver, Manipur Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 376(2)(g) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “It is stated that at the time of occurrence, appellant no. 1 was working as a police driver and appellant no. 2 was a singer having good reputation. The sentence of imprisonment imposed upon each of the appellants is reduced …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial court: 15 years RI plus Rs 25,000 fine under s.376(2)(g) and 10 years RI plus Rs 10,000 fine under s.120B, concurrent; SC upheld conviction but reduced each term to 8 years
- 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, Manipur (trial court not named in appellate judgment) convicted the accused police personnel on 30 April 2019. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Trial court: 15 years RI plus Rs 25,000 fine under s.376(2)(g) and 10 years RI plus Rs 10,000 fine under s.120B, concurrent; SC upheld conviction but reduced each term to 8 years
Sections: IPC s.376(2)(g); IPC s.120B
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text