Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Calcutta High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (1885) ILR 11 Cal 530
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CW-1885-0001West BengalJudgment 29 April 1885
[name withheld] And Ors. vs Queen-Empress
The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. Police arrested several persons on suspicion of murdering Mussamut Dhuri; two constables openly used violence on the prisoners and illegally detained them beyond the lawful period to obtain confessions which proved false, while Head Constable, in charge of the investigation, remained in their constant company. The Sessions Judge convicted all three under Section 330 IPC. The High Court upheld all convictions, holding [name withheld] an accomplice in the assaults and illegal detention, and, acting in revision, enhanced his sentence from four months simple to six months rigorous imprisonment while dismissing the constables' appeals. District and victim identities are not stated in the report (Bengal Presidency).
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Report card
By judgment dated 29 April 1885, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Prinsep, J.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Head Constable; Constable; Constable.
- Register number
- WB 00 CW 0001
- Case reference
- (1885) ILR 11 Cal 530
- Court and date
- Calcutta High Court (Coram: Prinsep, J.), 29 April 1885
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable; Constable; Constable
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “he was not only cognizant of those assaults, but he was an accomplice in them, and in the illegal detention as the means by which he intended to obtain false confessions.” (at para 2)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 0.5 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Calcutta High Court judgment dated 29 April 1885 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial torturePrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“he was not only cognizant of those assaults, but he was an accomplice in them, and in the illegal detention as the means by which he intended to obtain false confessions.” (para 2)
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Institutional response
29 Apr 1885
Order issued
ConcludedThe Calcutta High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (1885) ILR 11 Cal 530
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.