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 "verdict_note": "Spl CBI court Chandigarh convicted IGP [name withheld] + 7 for [name withheld] custodial death; multi-outlet; appeal reportedly pending.",
 "state": "Himachal Pradesh",
 "district": "Shimla",
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 "case_title": "CBI v. Himachal Pradesh Police Inspector General of Police and others",
 "case_number": "CBI v. [name withheld] and others (Suraj custodial death, Kotkhai/Gudiya case 2017)",
 "conviction_date": "2025-01-18",
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 "category": "brutality",
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   "name": null
  },
  {
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   "name": null
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   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Shimla man"
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 "sections": [
  "IPC 302 (murder)",
  "IPC 330 (torture to extract confession)",
  "IPC 348",
  "IPC 218",
  "IPC 195, 196 (fabrication of false evidence)",
  "IPC 201 (destruction of evidence)",
  "IPC 120B (criminal conspiracy)"
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 "sentence": "Life imprisonment + Rs 1,00,000 fine each (sentenced 27 January 2025); co-accused SP D.W. Negi acquitted",
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 "appeal_status": "pending",
 "appeal_url": "https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3740610-suspended-sentences-raise-questions-in-custodial-death-case",
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 "primary_source_url": "https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/india-news-cbi-court-sentences-himachal-igp-seven-other-cops-to-life-imprisonment-in-custodial-death-case-6597174.html",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/Njc2Ng==",
  "https://himachalscape.com/cbi-court-convicts-himachal-igp-and-seven-others-in-kotkhai-custodial-death-case/",
  "https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/amp/local/himachal/news/senior-himachal-police-officers-get-life-term-for-custodial-murder-in-gudiya-case-134365934.html",
  "https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/local/himachal/news/senior-himachal-police-officers-get-life-term-for-custodial-murder-in-gudiya-case-134365934.html",
  "https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3241259-top-himachal-pradesh-police-officers-sentenced-to-life-in-high-profile-custodial-death-case",
  "https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3241723-cbi-court-convicts-top-policemen-in-custodial-death-case",
  "https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3241726-cbi-court-sentences-top-himachal-cops-to-life-in-custody-death-scandal",
  "https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3740610-suspended-sentences-raise-questions-in-custodial-death-case",
  "https://www.latestly.com/agency-news/india-news-cbi-court-convicts-himachal-ig-7-other-cops-in-custodial-death-case-6575613.html",
  "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/himachal-pradesh/himachal-pradesh-custodial-death-case-hc-suspends-jail-term-of-former-igp-zaidi/article70433203.ece",
  "https://ythisnews.com/life-sentence-for-himachal-ig-seven-cops-for-custodial-death-in-gangrape-murder-case/"
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