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

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Trial-court conviction (Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur; Sessions Court). Convicted 18 January 1990. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

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.

## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/199575/); [Appellate judgment](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/199575/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w3-29-002)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: custodial rape sexual assault
- Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Officers: Sub-Inspector of Police, Nagpur Police (local police station with jurisdiction over the lodge; exact PS not stated in SC judgment)
- Sentence: 5 years RI
- Verification: V2 · Trial court