Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar
Diwakar, 46, joined the Uttar Pradesh judicial service as a Munsif/civil judge (junior division) in 2009. He served as civil judge (senior division) in Varanasi from April 2021 to July 2022, before moving to Bareilly, where he later became an additional district and sessions judge (fast track court). He was posted in Chitrakoot from April to Nov 2025 and joined Muzaffarnagar in Nov 2025, as per official records.
In a communication to UP DGP, he stated that the removal of his assigned gunner had “compromised his protection”. More recently, during his Muzaffarnagar posting, the judge questioned changes to his security arrangements. Police, however, maintained that alternative personnel had been deployed. He holds B.Com, LL.B and LL.M degrees.
His earlier postings included Azamgarh, Sultanpur, Budaun and Varanasi.
Muzaffarnagar : Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar, who made national headlines for awarding 23 death sentences in 11 cases between April and Sept this year in Muzaffarnagar and 13 in Bareilly, has been transferred from fast track court to family court, according to a judicial transfer order. TOI had on Aug 17 reported about Judge Diwakar’s string of death sentences. The jurist was transferred to Muzaffarnagar on Nov 29, 2025. As a presiding officer of fast track court-3, he heard criminal cases involving Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts. On Sept 7, he pronounced his 23rd death sentence in Muzaffarnagar court, convicting a man for burning his wife alive.
He will now take charge as additional principal judge of the family court in Muzaffarnagar.