Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 1992 SCC (3) 249; AIR 1992 SC 1689
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CW-1992-0006Amritsar, PunjabJudgment 8 May 1992
Bhagwan Singh and Another v. State of Punjab; Uttam Chand v. State of Punjab
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Amritsar CIA Staff policemen and upheld the High Court's convictions for abducting a narcotics suspect and three witnesses from a hotel on 6 August 1978, torturing them in the CIA Staff Room, murdering the suspect and disposing of his body so it was never recovered. The Court held that the trial court's near-acquittal was rightly reversed on the State's appeal, sustaining murder convictions against the ASI (whose appeal later abated on his death) and two Head Constables, and convictions under sections 201, 365, 325/34 and 323/34 against all four. The Court found the circumstances led to an irresistible inference that the policemen who caused the death also caused the disappearance of the body. Sentences, including life terms and a fine payable to the widow, were to run concurrently. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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Report card
By judgment dated 8 May 1992 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 388 and 666 of 1981, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Jayachandra Reddy, R. C. Patnaik, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Bhagwan Singh (Head Constable); Mukhtiar Singh (Head Constable); Uttam Chand (Constable); Joginder Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector).
- Register number
- PB 02 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal Nos. 388 and 666 of 1981 / 1992 SCC (3) 249; AIR 1992 SC 1689
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Jayachandra Reddy, R. C. Patnaik, JJ.), 8 May 1992
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Bhagwan Singh (Head Constable); Mukhtiar Singh (Head Constable); Uttam Chand (Constable); Joginder Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Torturing a person and using third degree methods are of medieval nature and they are barbaric and contrary to law.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- 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 Supreme Court of India judgment dated 8 May 1992 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 a person and using third degree methods are of medieval nature and they are barbaric and contrary to law.” (para n/a)
Separate from verification
Institutional response
8 May 1992
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: 1992 SCC (3) 249; AIR 1992 SC 1689
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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.