State v [name withheld], GR 5781/1998
The Special Judicial Magistrate, Guwahati found Assam Police Havildar guilty of robbing Rs.12,000 from bus passenger a Kamrup Metropolitan man at the Guwahati ASTC stand on 13.12.1998 (GR 5781/1998), convicting him on 18.10.2001 under s.392 IPC and sentencing him to 2 years RI plus Rs.300 fine; a khukri was recovered from his house. The conviction survived a sessions appeal (dismissed 05.03.2002) and a Gauhati High Court revision (dismissed 19.07.2006), as recorded by the High Court; the co-accused was acquitted.
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 18 October 2001, the Special Judicial Magistrate, Guwahati convicted the Havildar, Assam Police.
- Register number
- AS 25 CW 0003
- Case reference
- GR 5781/1998
- Court and date
- The Special Judicial Magistrate, Guwahati, 18 October 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Havildar, Assam Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “convicting the present accused-petitioner under Sections 392, IPC and sentencing him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 2 (two) years and pay a fine of Rs. 300/-”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 2 years RI + fine Rs.300
- 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.
Special Judicial Magistrate, Guwahati convicted the accused police personnel on 18 October 2001. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 2 years RI + fine Rs.300
Sections: IPC 392
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text