{ "record_id": "CW-1995-0010", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-1102", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Himachal Pradesh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (in charge) and others vs State of Himachal Pradesh", "display_title_redacted": "Himachal Pradesh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (in charge) and others vs State of Himachal Pradesh", "state": "Himachal Pradesh", "district": "Shimla", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Shimla (Kasumpti)", "police_station_or_unit": "Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla", "court": "Supreme Court of India", "court_as_verified": "Supreme Court of India", "bench": null, "case_title": "Himachal Pradesh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (in charge) and others vs State of Himachal Pradesh", "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 715 of 1989 with appeals arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos. 965 of 1989 and 193 of 1990", "citation": "AIR 1995 SC 1941; 1995 CriLJ 3223; (1995) 4 SCC 1", "judges": [ "Sujata V. Manohar", "M. M. Punchhi" ], "judgment_date": "1995-02-07", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 1995, "incident_date": "1975-08-30", "incident_year": 1975, "category": "Custodial torture", "admin_category": "brutality", "admin_subcategory": "custodial_torture", "subcategory": "custodial_torture", "subcategory_display": "custodial torture", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld", "sections": [ "IPC 217", "IPC 330", "IPC 348", "IPC 34" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector (in charge)", "role": "convicted", "unit": "Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector (in charge), Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police" }, { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "role": "convicted", "unit": "Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Constable, Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police" }, { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "role": "convicted", "unit": "Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:no_row", "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": null, "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Constable, Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police" } ], "officer_count": 3, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "Shimla man" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "imprisonment", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/113523/", "secondary_sources": [ "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/673635/anup-singh-and-others-appellant-hash-state-of-himachal-pradesh-respondent/" ], "summary": "The Supreme Court on 7 February 1995 dismissed on merit the appeals of ASI and Constable of Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, upholding their convictions under Sections 217, 330 and 348 read with Section 34 IPC. The Court found that a Shimla man had been wrongfully confined at the police post from 30 August to 12 September 1975 and beaten with sticks to extort a confession in a theft case, and that his dead body was found on 17 September 1975. It held the constable's complicity proved beyond doubt and the ASI answerable as post in-charge acting with tacit consent and connivance. A third constable's appeal abated on his death; the Court left the convictions and sentences undisturbed and ordered no compensation.", "summary_verified": "The Supreme Court on 7 February 1995 dismissed on merit the appeals of ASI and Constable of Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, upholding their convictions under Sections 217, 330 and 348 read with Section 34 IPC. The Court found that a Shimla man had been wrongfully confined at the police post from 30 August to 12 September 1975 and beaten with sticks to extort a confession in a theft case, and that his dead body was found on 17 September 1975. It held the constable's complicity proved beyond doubt and the ASI answerable as post in-charge acting with tacit consent and connivance. A third constable's appeal abated on his death; the Court left the convictions and sentences undisturbed and ordered no compensation.", "court_quote": "The complicity of [name withheld] and [name withheld] in the commission of the crime thus stands proved beyond doubt.", "court_quote_para": "5", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "SC dismissed appeals on merit, upholding IPC 217/330/348 convictions of Kasumpti ASI and constable for custodial confinement and torture.", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "allegations": [ { "category": "Custodial torture", "primary": true, "position": "Material fact supported", "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.", "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": null, "action_type": "Conviction", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.", "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation", "source": "AIR 1995 SC 1941; 1995 CriLJ 3223; (1995) 4 SCC 1", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." }, { "date": "1995-02-07", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Supreme Court of India", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.", "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)", "source": "AIR 1995 SC 1941; 1995 CriLJ 3223; (1995) 4 SCC 1", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [], "followup_status": "never_checked", "last_checked": null, "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/113523/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/673635/anup-singh-and-others-appellant-hash-state-of-himachal-pradesh-respondent/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-98" ], "merged_case_id": "GAP3-127-010", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }