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 "display_title": "Gondia Police Police Sub-Inspector v. State of Maharashtra",
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 "incident_date": "1995-12-07",
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   "gender": "male",
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   "descriptor": "Gondia man"
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 "sentence_type": "imprisonment",
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 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/708824/",
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 "summary": "The Nagpur Bench upheld the convictions of a Sub-Inspector and six constables for the custodial torture and homicidal death of theft suspect [name withheld] at Gondia City station in December 1995, whose body was burnt to screen the offence. The Court held all charges proved except destruction of evidence regarding the dead body, maintaining the sentences including seven years under Section 304-II, and dismissed the State's appeal for murder charges. The Supreme Court later delivered a split verdict on 25.09.2024 (2024 INSC 734) and referred the matter to a larger bench, where it remains pending.",
 "summary_verified": "The Nagpur Bench upheld the convictions of a Sub-Inspector and six constables for the custodial torture and homicidal death of theft suspect [name withheld] at Gondia City station in December 1995, whose body was burnt to screen the offence. The Court held all charges proved except destruction of evidence regarding the dead body, maintaining the sentences including seven years under Section 304-II, and dismissed the State's appeal for murder charges. The Supreme Court later delivered a split verdict on 25.09.2024 (2024 INSC 734) and referred the matter to a larger bench, where it remains pending.",
 "court_quote": "In the result, this Court concludes that based on facts proved by the prosecution, it has succeeded in proving all charges, except the proof of destruction of evidence as regards dead body.",
 "court_quote_para": "111",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC judgment text verified; convictions upheld but SC split 25.09.2024, larger-bench reference pending.",
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   "primary": true,
   "position": "Material fact supported",
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   "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment.",
   "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation",
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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