# Sheo Kumar Gupta, S.I. & Ors. v. State of U.P. (M. T. case)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 September 1988 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 183 of 1988 and 168 of 1988, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: B.N. Katju, G.K. Mathur, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 10 police personnel, namely: Sheo Kumar Gupta (Sub-Inspector); Jamadar Singh (Sub-Inspector); Ram Giri (Sub-Inspector); Kashi Ram (Head Constable); Rakesh s/o Ranjit Singh (Constable); Rakesh s/o Viladhar Sharma (Constable); Anand Giri (Constable); Pratap Singh (Constable); Sant Singh (Constable); Subhash (Constable).

- Register number: UP 17 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 183 of 1988 and 168 of 1988 / (1988) 09 AHC CK 0047
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: B.N. Katju, G.K. Mathur, JJ.), 23 September 1988
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sheo Kumar Gupta (Sub-Inspector); Jamadar Singh (Sub-Inspector); Ram Giri (Sub-Inspector); Kashi Ram (Head Constable); Rakesh s/o Ranjit Singh (Constable); Rakesh s/o Viladhar Sharma (Constable); Anand Giri (Constable); Pratap Singh (Constable); Sant Singh (Constable); Subhash (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302/149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323/149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 354/149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 147 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The fact that Smt. \[the complainant\] was made naked and assaulted and taken to P. S. Baghpat from the place of occurrence indicates that she was the root cause of the incident. All the appellants were, therefore, members of an …” (at para 43)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/303669/sheo-kumar-guptasi-and-ors-appellant-hash-state-of-up-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1988-0001)

**Record:** CW-1988-0001 (compiler id CWC-0476); case SWCUSTOD-004
**Title:** Sheo Kumar Gupta, S.I. & Ors. v. State of U.P. (M. T. case)
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: B.N. Katju; G.K. Mathur
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 183 of 1988 and 168 of 1988 / (1988) 09 AHC CK 0047
**Judgment:** 1988-09-23 (1988, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1980-06-01 (1980)
**Place:** Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh (district at time: Meerut); city town: Baghpat; police station or unit: PS Baghpat; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302/149; IPC 201; IPC 218; IPC 120B; IPC 323/149; IPC 354/149; IPC 148; IPC 147
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sheo Kumar Gupta (Sub-Inspector); Jamadar Singh (Sub-Inspector); Ram Giri (Sub-Inspector); Kashi Ram (Head Constable); Rakesh s/o Ranjit Singh (Constable); Rakesh s/o Viladhar Sharma (Constable); Anand Giri (Constable); Pratap Singh (Constable); Sant Singh (Constable); Subhash (Constable) (10 in record)
**Victims:** Baghpat woman; Baghpat man; Baghpat resident; Baghpat resident (4 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Allahabad High Court upheld every conviction of the ten PS Baghpat policemen who, avenging an assault on a fellow Sub-Inspector, shot dead the complainant's husband and two others and stripped, assaulted and detained the complainant in June 1980. The Court held all appellants were members of an unlawful assembly guilty of the offences found by the trial court, including Section 354/149 with two years RI. It reduced the six death sentences to life imprisonment, upheld the four existing life terms and set aside the fines. The appellants on bail were ordered to be taken into custody forthwith. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The fact that Smt. \[the complainant\] was made naked and assaulted and taken to P. S. Baghpat from the place of occurrence indicates that she was the root cause of the incident. All the appellants were, therefore, members of an unlawful assembly and were guilty of the offences of which they have been convicted by the trial court.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/303669/sheo-kumar-guptasi-and-ors-appellant-hash-state-of-up-respondent/); [blog.ipleaders.in](https://blog.ipleaders.in/custodial-rape/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 43
**display title redacted:** Sheo Kumar Gupta, S.I. & Ors. v. State of U.P. (M. T. case)
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(1988) 09 AHC CK 0047', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1988-09-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(1988) 09 AHC CK 0047', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/303669/sheo-kumar-guptasi-and-ors-appellant-hash-state-of-up-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://blog.ipleaders.in/custodial-rape/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial rape sexual assault
**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:** HC upheld all convictions of 10 Baghpat policemen; death terms cut to life.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': None, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'the complainant'}; {'age': None, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a man'}; {'age': None, 'gender': None, 'descriptor': None}; {'age': None, 'gender': None, 'descriptor': None}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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