26 Nov 1963
Order issued
ConcludedThe Andhra Pradesh High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: AIR 1964 AP 548
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CW-1963-0003Warangal, TelanganaJudgment 26 November 1963
Public Prosecutor vs Warangal Police Sub-Inspector of Police and others
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh allowed the State's appeal against acquittal in part, reversing the trial court order and convicting two Sub-Inspectors and three Police Constables of Mathwada Police Station and Central Crime Station, Warangal. Suspect a Warangal man had been detained and severely tortured through the night of 24 April 1961 to extort a confession, resulting in his death and the subsequent clandestine disposal of his body. While finding that murderous intent was not established beyond reasonable doubt, the High Court held that the officers voluntarily caused hurt to extort confessions. The Court convicted the two Sub-Inspectors under IPC 330 read with 109, the three Constables under IPC 330, and one Sub-Inspector additionally under IPC 201, sentencing each of them to three years' rigorous imprisonment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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Report card
By judgment dated 26 November 1963, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Basi Reddy, J.) recorded the conviction of 5 police personnel, namely: Syed Hasan Ali (Sub-Inspector of Police); C. Janardhanrao (Sub-Inspector of Police); Ahmed Ali (Police Constable); G.K. Narasimhamurthy (Police Constable); K. Ramaiah (Police Constable).
- Register number
- TG 03 CW 0002
- Case reference
- AIR 1964 AP 548
- Court and date
- Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Basi Reddy, J.), 26 November 1963
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Syed Hasan Ali (Sub-Inspector of Police); C. Janardhanrao (Sub-Inspector of Police); Ahmed Ali (Police Constable); G.K. Narasimhamurthy (Police Constable); K. Ramaiah (Police Constable)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “torturing suspects with a view to extorting information from them, is a crude, barbarous and reprehensible method of investigating and detecting crime. Those who are entrusted with the duty of enforcing the law, must learn to obey the law.” (at para 113)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 3 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 Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment dated 26 November 1963 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial deathPrimary
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.
“torturing suspects with a view to extorting information from them, is a crude, barbarous and reprehensible method of investigating and detecting crime. Those who are entrusted with the duty of enforcing the law, must learn to obey the law.” (para 113)
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Institutional response
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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.