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 "summary": "The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) upheld the conviction of nine Nagpur Crime Branch policemen under Section 330 IPC for custodially torturing a Nagpur man, picked up from his home around 1 a.m. on 24 June 1993 and found dead in the lock-up that morning with 23 injuries. The Court dismissed the State appeals against acquittal for murder and for enhancement, acquitted the nine of the ss.354/355/342 charges and acquitted A-10 (Raghunath Bhakte) entirely. The Supreme Court (Yashwant Etc. vs State of Maharashtra, 4 September 2018) sustained the s.330 guilt, rejected the superior-orders defence, and enhanced the 3-year sentence to seven years rigorous imprisonment; A-1's appeal had abated on his death.",
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