State v. Central Delhi Police Constable (at time of offence)
The Sessions Court, Delhi (FIR No. 430/91, PS Lahori Gate) on 6 January 2004 convicted three Delhi Police officers for beating to death a Central Delhi man, a peon-cum-watchman picked up on the night of 1 May 1991 and assaulted on the second floor of Lahori Gate police station on 2 May 1991 — Constable demanding Rs 500 then Rs 5,000 from the victim's father for his release — until he vomited blood, dying of his injuries at St. Stephen Hospital on 10 May 1991; charges had been framed in 1997 (304-II/34, 330/348/34) with an additional murder charge in October 2002. [name withheld] received life imprisonment (302) plus terms under sections 330 and 348, while SHO Inspector and SI received five years RI each under section 304-II/34. The Delhi High Court (Justices G.S. Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, Crl.A. Nos. 54, 81, 198 of 2004, 3 January 2018) upheld the convictions and sentences of [name withheld] and [name withheld] but acquitted [name withheld]; private co-convict Manohar Lal Narang died pending appeal.
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 6 January 2004, the Sessions Court, Delhi (FIR No. 430/91, PS Lahori Gate; exact ASJ court not stated in HC judgment) convicted 3 police personnel, namely: Constable (at time of offence), Lahori Gate Police Station, Delhi; Sub-Inspector, Lahori Gate Police Station, Delhi; Inspector (SHO), Lahori Gate Police Station, Delhi.
- Register number
- DL 06 CW 0010
- Case reference
- FIR No. 430/91, PS Lahori Gate
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Delhi (FIR No. 430/91, PS Lahori Gate; exact ASJ court not stated in HC judgment), 6 January 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable (at time of offence), Lahori Gate Police Station, Delhi; Sub-Inspector, Lahori Gate Police Station, Delhi; Inspector (SHO), Lahori Gate Police Station, Delhi
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “This is a classic case when the guardians of law became its transgressors and the whole might of the [name withheld] came down upon one individual”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: [name withheld]: life + Rs 80,000 fine (302), 2 years RI + Rs 1,000 (330), 6 months RI + Rs 500 (348); [name withheld] and [name withheld]: 5 years RI + Rs 50,000 fine each (304-II/34)
- 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 (FIR No. 430/91, PS Lahori Gate; exact ASJ court not stated in HC judgment) convicted the accused police personnel on 6 January 2004. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: [name withheld]: life + Rs 80,000 fine (302), 2 years RI + Rs 1,000 (330), 6 months RI + Rs 500 (348); [name withheld] and [name withheld]: 5 years RI + Rs 50,000 fine each (304-II/34)
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 330; IPC 348; IPC 304 Part II; IPC 34
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text