# \[name withheld\] And Ors. vs Queen-Empress

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/834900/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1885-0001)

**Record:** CW-1885-0001 (compiler id CWC-0746); case GAP6-004
**Title:** \[name withheld\] And Ors. vs Queen-Empress
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: Prinsep
**Case number / citation:** (1885) ILR 11 Cal 530
**Judgment:** 1885-04-29 (1885, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** West Bengal; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 330
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable; Constable; Constable (3 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 0.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

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).

> 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.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/834900/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 2
**display title redacted:** \[name withheld\] And Ors. vs Queen-Empress
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Calcutta High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Calcutta High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(1885) ILR 11 Cal 530', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1885-04-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(1885) ILR 11 Cal 530', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/834900/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** s.330 convictions of head constable and 2 constables upheld; head constable's term enhanced to 6 months RI.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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