State vs Sikkim Police Constable
Per the Delhi High Court (judgment 24.03.2018 in Crl.A. 272/2017), IRB Constable shot dead five colleagues at the Dena Bank chest, Golcha Cinema, Delhi on 11.03.2007. The trial court convicted him on 24.08.2015 under Sections 302/201/182 IPC and awarded life imprisonment (sentence order 23.12.2015). The High Court held colleagues had attempted to sodomise him but that he reacted excessively; it altered the conviction to Section 304 Part-I IPC and reduced the sentence to 10 years RI with Rs.50,000 fine.
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 24 August 2015, the Sessions Court, Delhi (Darya Ganj PS case; Crl.A. 272/2017 before Delhi High Court) convicted the Constable, D-Company, IRB, 1st Battalion, Sikkim Police.
- Register number
- DL 06 CW 0030
- Case reference
- Crl.A. 272/2017
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Delhi (Darya Ganj PS case; Crl.A. 272/2017 before Delhi High Court), 24 August 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, D-Company, IRB, 1st Battalion, Sikkim Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part-I of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 182 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “appellant had, in a fit of anger, reacted violently by indiscriminately firing at his five colleagues, who had attempted to sodomize appellant.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial (order 23.12.2015): life imprisonment (302) + 2 years RI (201) + 6 months SI (182). On appeal (Delhi HC 24.03.2018): conviction altered to 304 Part-I IPC, sentence 10 years RI with fine
- 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 (Darya Ganj PS case; Crl.A. 272/2017 before Delhi High Court) convicted the accused police personnel on 24 August 2015. The conviction was upheld on appeal.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Trial (order 23.12.2015): life imprisonment (302) + 2 years RI (201) + 6 months SI (182). On appeal (Delhi HC 24.03.2018): conviction altered to 304 Part-I IPC, sentence 10 years RI with fine.
Sections: IPC 304 Part-I; IPC 201; IPC 182
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal.