# State vs J&K Police Special Police Officer (SPO) and others

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Trial-court conviction (Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Gool; Magistrate's Court). Convicted 6 June 2018. Appeal status: No appeal known.

## Summary

Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Gool convicted SPO \[name withheld\] of District Ramban (with co-accused) in FIR No.58/2013 under RPC ss.336, 147 and 427 vide judgment dated 06.06.2018, extending the benefit of probation to all convicts. Following the conviction he was disengaged from the SPO rolls; the High Court of J&K and Ladakh (Justice Sanjay Dhar, 2022) upheld the disengagement, holding a person convicted of a criminal charge is not fit to serve in police even as an SPO. No criminal appeal against the conviction is stated.

## Report card

By judgment dated 6 June 2018, the Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Gool convicted the Special Police Officer (SPO), J&K Police, District Ramban.

- Register number: JK 19 CW 0001
- Case reference: FIR No. 58/2013; reported in the judgment of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gool
- Court and date: The Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Gool, 6 June 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Special Police Officer (SPO), J&K Police, District Ramban
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 336 of the Ranbir Penal Code; Section 147 of the Ranbir Penal Code; Section 427 of the Ranbir Penal Code
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A person, who has been convicted of a criminal charge is definitely not fit to serve as police official/officer not even as an SPO.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Convicted; released on probation (benefit of probation extended by the Magistrate; no custodial term)
- Present status of the proceedings: No appeal is known from the cited sources.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/jkl-hc-police-service-437946.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w4-20-002)

## At a glance

- Category: Other misconduct
- Sub-category: other
- Location: Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir
- Officers: Special Police Officer (SPO), J&K Police, District Ramban
- Sentence: Convicted; released on probation (benefit of probation extended by the Magistrate; no custodial term)
- Verification: V2 · Trial court