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 "verified_at": "2026-09-18T13:17:35Z",
 "verdict_note": "Bombay HC text confirms Sessions Court Bhandara convicted 7 Gondia policemen (SC 21/1996); SC split verdict 25.09.2024 (2024 INSC 734) acquitted 304-II but upheld torture counts (1yr).",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Gondia",
 "court": "Additional Sessions Judge, Gondia (Sessions Trial No. 21 of 1996)",
 "court_level": "sessions",
 "trial_court_name": "Additional Sessions Judge, Gondia (Sessions Trial No. 21 of 1996)",
 "case_title": "State v. Manik Jibhkate & Ors (Shama Uke custodial death)",
 "case_number": "Sessions Case No. 21 of 1996",
 "conviction_date": "1996",
 "conviction_year": 1996,
 "date_precision": "year",
 "incident_date": "1995-12-15",
 "incident_year": 1995,
 "category": "brutality",
 "subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "raw_subcategory": "custodial_death",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
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   "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector (A-1)",
   "unit": "Gondia City Police Station (Detective Branch)",
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   "name_public": "Manik Jibhkate",
   "display": "Manik Jibhkate (Police Sub-Inspector (A-1))",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": "Manik Jibhkate"
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable (A-2)",
   "unit": "Gondia City Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (A-2), Gondia City Police Station",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable (A-3)",
   "unit": "Gondia City Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (A-3), Gondia City Police Station",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable (A-4)",
   "unit": "Gondia City Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (A-4), Gondia City Police Station",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable (A-5)",
   "unit": "Gondia City Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (A-5), Gondia City Police Station",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable (A-6)",
   "unit": "Gondia City Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (A-6), Gondia City Police Station",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
  },
  {
   "rank": "Police Constable (A-7)",
   "unit": "Gondia City Police Station",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Police Constable (A-7), Gondia City Police Station",
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "name": null
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 ],
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Gondia man"
  }
 ],
 "sections": [
  "IPC 330 r/w IPC 34",
  "IPC 348 r/w IPC 34",
  "IPC 387 r/w IPC 34"
 ],
 "sentence": "A-1, A-2, A-4: 7 years RI (304-II) + 3 years RI (331) + 1-year terms (330/348/387, 201/218) + fines; A-3, A-5: 3 years RI (331) + 1-year terms + 3 months (202) + fines; A-6, A-7: 1 year RI (201/218) + 3 months (202) + fines (Supreme Court, 25 September 2024: acquitted under section 304-II; torture convictions under sections 330/348/387 upheld with 1 year RI + fines)",
 "sentence_type": "mixed",
 "sentence_max_years": 1,
 "appeal_status": "upheld",
 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/199957261/",
 "source_kind": "judgment",
 "source_agency": null,
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/708824/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/manik-v-the-state-of-maharashtrawatermark-1655838.pdf"
 ],
 "summary": "The Supreme Court (Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar, Manik & Ors v. [name withheld] of Maharashtra, Crl.A. Nos. 1514-1518 of 2012, 2024 INSC 734, 25 September 2024) in a split verdict acquitted the officers under section 304-II — holding fingerprint evidence on the exhumed burnt body unreliable, no DNA test done, and identity as [name withheld] not proved — but unanimously upheld the custodial-torture convictions under sections 330, 348 and 387 with one year RI plus fines; Justice Sanjay Kumar dissented on the 304-II acquittal.",
 "court_quote": "Manik Jibhkate, PSI (A-1) — Conviction: 304-II r/w 34 IPC: 7 years RI, fine of Rs.4000/-; 331 r/w 34 IPC: 3 years RI, fine of Rs.1000/- (conviction and sentence as ordered by Sessions Court, per High Court judgment).",
 "confidence": "high",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
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 "subcategory_display": "custodial death",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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 "case_title_or_number": "State v. Manik Jibhkate & Ors (Shama Uke custodial death, Gondia 1995); Sessions Case No. 21 of 1996",
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}