CBI v. Uttarakhand Police Constable
The Special Judge for CBI Cases at Dehradun on 8 June 2012 convicted four then-constables — [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld] and [name withheld] — and sentenced each to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for opening fire from a politician's Karanpur rooftop on unarmed Uttarakhand-statehood agitators on 3 October 1994, killing a Dehradun man and grievously injuring a Dehradun man and a Dehradun man, then cleaning their firearms with hot water and replacing fired cartridges to destroy evidence. The CBI had registered the case on 25 January 1995 on Allahabad High Court orders and chargesheeted the four plus the politician on 6 April 1996; the politician was acquitted.
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 8 June 2012, the Special Judge for CBI Cases, Dehradun convicted 4 police personnel, namely: Constable, Uttarakhand Police (then UP Police); Constable, Uttarakhand Police (then UP Police); Constable, Uttarakhand Police (then UP Police); Constable (PSO), Uttarakhand Police (then UP Police).
- Register number
- UK 07 CW 0002
- Case reference
- FIR No. 298-A/94, PS Dalanwala (CBI registered 25.01.1995 on Allahabad HC CWP No. 32982/94; chargesheet 06.04.1996)
- Court and date
- The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Dehradun, 8 June 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, Uttarakhand Police (then UP Police); Constable, Uttarakhand Police (then UP Police); Constable, Uttarakhand Police (then UP Police); Constable (PSO), Uttarakhand Police (then UP Police)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 308 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The Trial Court found the then four police personnel guilty and convicted them. The said Politician was acquitted by the Court.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 7 years RI + Rs.15,000 fine each; Rs.20,000 compensation to deceased victim, Rs.10,000 each to two injured; co-accused politician acquitted
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special Judge for CBI Cases, Dehradun convicted the accused police personnel on 8 June 2012. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 7 years RI + Rs.15,000 fine each; Rs.20,000 compensation to deceased victim, Rs.10,000 each to two injured; co-accused politician acquitted
Sections: IPC 304; IPC 308; IPC 201; IPC 34
Appeal status
No appeal known.