# The State of Andhra Pradesh vs Kadiri Police Sub-Inspector of Police and others

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/867890/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1963-0002)

**Record:** CW-1963-0002 (compiler id CWC-0002); case SUPREM-040
**Title:** The State of Andhra Pradesh vs Kadiri Police Sub-Inspector of Police and others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: K.C. Das Gupta; P.B. Gajendragadkar; K.N. Wanchoo
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 142 of 1961 / 1964 AIR 33, 1964 SCR (3) 742
**Judgment:** 1963-05-09 (1963, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1957-01-06 (1957)
**Place:** Sri Sathya Sai, Andhra Pradesh (district at time: Anantapur); city town: Kadiri; police station or unit: Kadiri Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by Supreme Court (conviction_by_sc)
**Sections:** IPC 330
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Vempalli Police Station; Head Constable, Vempalli Police Station; Police Constable, Vempalli Police Station (3 in record)
**Victims:** Kadiri man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 5 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

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.

> 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 an offence when established. Accordingly, we convict the respondents under Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code and we sentence each of them to five years' rigorous imprisonment.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/867890/)
**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:** 64-65
**display title redacted:** The State of Andhra Pradesh vs Kadiri Police Sub-Inspector of Police and others
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1963-05-09', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '1964 AIR 33, 1964 SCR (3) 742', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/867890/', '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:** Supreme Court set aside High Court acquittal and convicted SI, HC, and Constable under IPC 330, sentencing each to 5 years RI for custodial torture.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by Supreme Court.

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