9 May 1963
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 1964 AIR 33, 1964 SCR (3) 742
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CW-1963-0002Sri Sathya Sai, Andhra PradeshJudgment 9 May 1963
The State of Andhra Pradesh vs Kadiri Police Sub-Inspector of Police and others
The Supreme Court set aside the High Court order acquitting three police officers and convicted all of them under Section 330 IPC for torturing a Kadiri man to extort information regarding stolen property. A Kadiri man was taken into custody on 6 January 1957 and subsequently found dead with multiple injuries. The Supreme Court restored the Sessions Judge assessment of circumstantial and witness evidence, observing that deterrent sentences must be inflicted for such barbarous methods, and sentenced the Sub-Inspector, Head Constable, and Constable to five years rigorous imprisonment each. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 9 May 1963 in Criminal Appeal No. 142 of 1961, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K.C. Das Gupta, P.B. Gajendragadkar, K.N. Wanchoo, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, Vempalli Police Station; Head Constable, Vempalli Police Station; Police Constable, Vempalli Police Station.
- Register number
- AP 39 CW 0003
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 142 of 1961 / 1964 AIR 33, 1964 SCR (3) 742
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: K.C. Das Gupta, P.B. Gajendragadkar, K.N. Wanchoo, JJ.), 9 May 1963
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector of Police, Vempalli Police Station; Head Constable, Vempalli Police Station; Police Constable, Vempalli Police Station
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “A serious view cannot but be taken of such a barbarous method of dealing with persons suspected of a crime as was committed by these respondents in this case. It is necessary that deterrent sentences should be inflicted for such …” (at para 64-65)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by Supreme Court. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 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 Supreme Court of India judgment dated 9 May 1963 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.
“A serious view cannot but be taken of such a barbarous method of dealing with persons suspected of a crime as was committed by these respondents in this case. It is necessary that deterrent sentences should be inflicted for such …” (para 64-65)
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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.