# State of Orissa And Etc. vs Trinath Dash And Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 January 1982 in Government Appeal No. 101 of 1977 with Criminal Appeals Nos. 105, 106 and 112 of 1977, the Orissa High Court (Coram: B.K. Behera, P.K. Mohanti, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 9 police personnel, namely: Trinath Dash (Officer-in-Charge); Assistant Sub-Inspector, Nuagaon Police Station; Writer Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station.

- Register number: OD 25 CW 0001
- Case reference: Government Appeal No. 101 of 1977 with Criminal Appeals Nos. 105, 106 and 112 of 1977 / (1982) Cri LJ 942
- Court and date: Orissa High Court (Coram: B.K. Behera, P.K. Mohanti, JJ.), 5 January 1982
- Officer(s) at the material time: Trinath Dash (Officer-in-Charge); Assistant Sub-Inspector, Nuagaon Police Station; Writer Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The sentence passed against the accused \[name withheld\] who was no other person than the Officer-in-Charge of the police station, for his conviction under this section, cannot, in the circumstances of the case, be said to be severe.” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: fine.
- 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/62540/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1982-0001)

**Record:** CW-1982-0001 (compiler id CWC-0277); case ODISHA-001
**Title:** State of Orissa And Etc. vs Trinath Dash And Ors.
**Court:** Orissa High Court; judges: B.K. Behera; P.K. Mohanti
**Case number / citation:** Government Appeal No. 101 of 1977 with Criminal Appeals Nos. 105, 106 and 112 of 1977 / (1982) Cri LJ 942
**Judgment:** 1982-01-05 (1982, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1975-07-27 (1975)
**Place:** Nayagarh, Odisha; city town: Nuagaon; police station or unit: Nuagaon Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 342
**Officers (gated display forms):** Trinath Dash (Officer-in-Charge); Assistant Sub-Inspector, Nuagaon Police Station; Writer Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station; Constable, Nuagaon Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Nuagaon man; Nuagaon man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** fine
**Sentence type:** fine (fine)

The judgment of the Orissa High Court records the following account. Nine Nuagaon police personnel were tried for confining theft suspects a Nuagaon man and a Nuagaon man in the lock-up without arrest from 27-07-1975, torturing them, and, after a Nuagaon man died, hanging his body from a tree to fake suicide. The trial court acquitted them of murder (302), grievous hurt (331) and hurt (323) but convicted all under Section 201 IPC, the OIC and ASI under Section 203, and OIC Trinath Dash under Section 342 IPC. The Orissa High Court dismissed the Government appeal against the acquittals and set aside all Section 201/203 convictions, holding murder/culpable homicide unproved and mere shifting of the body no disappearance of evidence. It upheld only OIC Trinath Dash's conviction for wrongful confinement under Section 342 IPC (fine Rs 500, default 3 months RI), the sentence being not severe. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The sentence passed against the accused \[name withheld\] who was no other person than the Officer-in-Charge of the police station, for his conviction under this section, cannot, in the circumstances of the case, be said to be severe.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/62540/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/104637/state-of-orissa-vs-trinath-dash-and-others-br-trinath-al/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 16
**display title redacted:** State of Orissa And Etc. vs Trinath Dash And Ors.
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Orissa High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Orissa High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(1982) Cri LJ 942', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1982-01-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Orissa High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Orissa High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(1982) Cri LJ 942', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/62540/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/104637/state-of-orissa-vs-trinath-dash-and-others-br-trinath-al/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** Orissa HC upheld OIC Trinath Dash's s.342 IPC conviction (Rs 500 fine); acquittals on graver charges maintained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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