Trial-court conviction
t2w3-29-002Nagpur, MaharashtraConvicted 18 January 1990

State of Maharashtra v. Nagpur Police Sub-Inspector of Police

Per the Supreme Court judgment of 18-01-1990, Sub-Inspector raped a 19-20-year-old newly married woman on 22-08-1981 after detaining her husband at a lodge near Nagpur on a s.110/117 CrPC pretext. The Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur convicted him u/s 376 IPC (5 years RI + Rs.1,000 fine, acquitting u/s 342); the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) set the conviction aside, and the Supreme Court allowed the [name withheld] appeal, restoring the trial-court conviction and sentence.

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By judgment dated 18 January 1990, the Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur convicted the Sub-Inspector of Police, Nagpur Police (local police station with jurisdiction over the lodge; exact PS not stated in SC judgment).

Register number
MH 31 CW 0002
Case reference
Crl.A.No.220/1986; reported in the judgment of the Supreme Court of India
Court and date
The Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur, 18 January 1990
Officer(s) at the material time
Sub-Inspector of Police, Nagpur Police (local police station with jurisdiction over the lodge; exact PS not stated in SC judgment)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The respondent, a Sub-Inspector of police, was convicted under section 376 of I.P.C. for having committed rape on a young newly married girl of 19 or 20 years of age, by the Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur.”
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 5 years RI
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.

Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur convicted the accused police personnel on 18 January 1990. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.

Sentence & charges

Sentence: 5 years RI

Sections: IPC 376

Appeal status

Upheld on appeal. Appeal text

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