# State vs Sikkim Police Constable

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Trial-court conviction (Sessions Court, Delhi (Darya Ganj PS case; Crl.A. 272/2017 before Delhi High Court); Sessions Court). Convicted 24 August 2015. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

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.

## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/75604236/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w3-37-004)

## At a glance

- Category: Other misconduct
- Sub-category: other
- Location: Central Delhi, Delhi
- Officers: Constable, D-Company, IRB, 1st Battalion, Sikkim Police
- 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.
- Verification: V2 · Trial court