State vs District Armed Reserve Police Police Constable (District Armed Reserve, Chitradurga; dismissed from service; formerly CRPF)
The Supreme Court's 1 February 2011 judgment records that the Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-VII, Bangalore City convicted police constable in S.C. No.725/1999 on 26 October 2006 for the 28 February 1998 rape, robbery and murder of an adult woman at Dasarahalli, Bengaluru, sentencing him to death under s.302 IPC with further 7- and 10-year terms. The Court notes the Karnataka High Court had rejected his appeal and confirmed the death sentence (Crl.R.C. No.3/2006 and Crl.A. No.2408/2006), and the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and sentence. His police status (DAR constable, Chitradurga; ex-CRPF) is corroborated by the [name withheld]'s own submission reported by LiveLaw and contemporaneous press; the death sentence was later commuted to 30 years without remission by the Supreme Court in 2022.
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 26 October 2006, the Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-VII, Bangalore City (Judge K. Sukanya) convicted the Police Constable (District Armed Reserve, Chitradurga; dismissed from service; formerly CRPF), District Armed Reserve Police, Chitradurga, Karnataka Police.
- Register number
- KA 01 CW 0016
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal Nos. 285-286 of 2011; reported in the judgment of the Supreme Court of India
- Court and date
- The Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court-VII, Bangalore City (Judge K. Sukanya), 26 October 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable (District Armed Reserve, Chitradurga; dismissed from service; formerly CRPF), District Armed Reserve Police, Chitradurga, Karnataka Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “rejecting the Appellant's appeal and confirming the death sentence awarded to him by the Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court VII, Bangalore City, in S.C.No.725 of 1999, by judgment and order dated 26th October, 2006.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Death sentence under s.302 IPC; 10 years rigorous imprisonment under s.392 IPC; 7 years rigorous imprisonment under s.376 IPC
- 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 Judge, Fast Track Court-VII, Bangalore City (Judge K. Sukanya) convicted the accused police personnel on 26 October 2006. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Death sentence under s.302 IPC; 10 years rigorous imprisonment under s.392 IPC; 7 years rigorous imprisonment under s.376 IPC
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 376; IPC 392
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text