# Nadiad Police Police Inspector vs State of Gujarat and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 September 1991 in Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 517 of 1989, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. N. Singh, Kuldip Singh, N. M. Kasliwal, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 5 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Sub-Inspector, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Head Constable, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Constable, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; District Superintendent of Police, Kheda.

- Register number: GJ 07 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 517 of 1989 / (1991) 4 SCC 406; AIR 1991 SC 2176
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. N. Singh, Kuldip Singh, N. M. Kasliwal, JJ.), 11 September 1991
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Sub-Inspector, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Head Constable, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Constable, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; District Superintendent of Police, Kheda
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; Article 129 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Sharma, Police Inspector who was the main actor in the entire incident and who had planned the entire episode with a view to humiliate the CJM in the public eye is the main culprit, therefore, he deserves maximum punishment.” (at para 52-53)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by Supreme Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.5 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/1496509/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1991-0002)

**Record:** CW-1991-0002 (compiler id CWC-0132); case SWOTHERM-003
**Title:** Nadiad Police Police Inspector vs State of Gujarat and Ors.
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: K. N. Singh; Kuldip Singh; N. M. Kasliwal
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 517 of 1989 / (1991) 4 SCC 406; AIR 1991 SC 2176
**Judgment:** 1991-09-11 (1991, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-09-25 (1989)
**Place:** Kheda, Gujarat; city town: Nadiad; police station or unit: Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by Supreme Court (conviction_by_sc)
**Sections:** Contempt of Courts Act 1971; Constitution of India Art 129
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Sub-Inspector, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Head Constable, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; Constable, Nadiad Police Station, Kheda; District Superintendent of Police, Kheda (5 in record)
**Victims:** Nadiad man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court held five Gujarat police personnel guilty of criminal contempt for the night of 25/26 September 1989 attack on Nadiad Chief Judicial Magistrate a Nadiad man, who was lured to the police station, forced to consume liquor, beaten, handcuffed and tied with a thick rope, paraded to hospital and photographed, then falsely booked under the prohibition law. The Court accepted its Commissioner Justice R. M. Sahai's finding that the police version was cooked up, calling the episode an onslaught on the judiciary itself. It sentenced Inspector to six months' simple imprisonment, Sub-Inspector to five months, the head constable and constable to two months each, and DSP to one month, with fines, and directed the State to pursue disciplinary proceedings. The Court also laid down guidelines for the arrest of judicial officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Sharma, Police Inspector who was the main actor in the entire incident and who had planned the entire episode with a view to humiliate the CJM in the public eye is the main culprit, therefore, he deserves maximum punishment.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1496509/)
**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:** 52-53
**display title redacted:** Nadiad Police Police Inspector vs State of Gujarat 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': '1991-09-11', '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': '(1991) 4 SCC 406; AIR 1991 SC 2176', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1496509/', '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:** SC judgment verified: 5 police personnel convicted of criminal contempt for assault/humiliation of Nadiad CJM; 1-6 months SI + fines.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by Supreme Court.

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