State v. West Bengal Police Armed Constable
The Sessions Judge convicted armed constable of the 4th Armed Battalion at Raiganj for kidnapping, raping and strangling 10-year-old [name withheld] on 26 October 1995 and throwing her body in a pond, sentencing him to death under section 302 IPC. The Calcutta High Court on 13 May 1998 affirmed the conviction on all counts (ss.363/366/376/302/201) but commuted the death sentence to imprisonment for life, holding the unpremeditated crime was not rarest-of-rare.
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 13 May 1998, the Sessions Judge, Raiganj (exact designation not stated in appellate judgment) convicted the Armed Constable, 4th Armed Battalion, West Bengal Police, Raiganj.
- Register number
- WB 59 CW 0001
- Case reference
- State v. West Bengal Police Armed Constable; reported in the judgment of the Calcutta High Court
- Court and date
- The Sessions Judge, Raiganj (exact designation not stated in appellate judgment), 13 May 1998
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Armed Constable, 4th Armed Battalion, West Bengal Police, Raiganj
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The appellant, admittedly, was an armed Constable attached to the 4th armed battalion of West Bengal Police, posted to Raiganj.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial court: death sentence under s.302 IPC (no separate sentences for other counts); on appeal (13 May 1998) conviction affirmed, death commuted to imprisonment for life
- 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 Judge, Raiganj (exact designation not stated in appellate judgment) convicted the accused police personnel on 13 May 1998. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Trial court: death sentence under s.302 IPC (no separate sentences for other counts); on appeal (13 May 1998) conviction affirmed, death commuted to imprisonment for life
Sections: IPC 363; IPC 366; IPC 376; IPC 302; IPC 201
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text