# State of Madhya Pradesh vs Shyamsunder Trivedi and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 May 1995 in Crl.A. No. 217 of 1993, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A.S. Anand, M.K. Mukherjee, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Shyamsunder Trivedi (Sub-Inspector); Ram Naresh Shukla (Head Constable); Rajaram Mishra (Head Constable); Ganniuddin (Constable), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.1 lakh (Rs 1,10,000).

- Register number: MP 44 CW 0001
- Case reference: Crl.A. No. 217 of 1993 / (1995) 4 SCC 262
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: A.S. Anand, M.K. Mukherjee, JJ.), 9 May 1995
- Officer(s) at the material time: Shyamsunder Trivedi (Sub-Inspector); Ram Naresh Shukla (Head Constable); Rajaram Mishra (Head Constable); Ganniuddin (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Generally speaking, it would be police officials alone who can only explain the circumstances in which a person in their custody had died.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by Supreme Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 2 years. Compensation: Rs 1.1 lakh (Rs 1,10,000).
- 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/838507/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1995-0001)

**Record:** CW-1995-0001 (compiler id CWC-0216); case SUPREM-004
**Title:** State of Madhya Pradesh vs Shyamsunder Trivedi and Ors.
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: A.S. Anand; M.K. Mukherjee
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. No. 217 of 1993 / (1995) 4 SCC 262
**Judgment:** 1995-05-09 (1995, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1981-10-13 (1981)
**Place:** Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh (district at time: Mandsaur); city town: Rampura; police station or unit: Rampura Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by Supreme Court (conviction_by_sc)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II; IPC 34; IPC 201; IPC 342
**Officers (gated display forms):** Shyamsunder Trivedi (Sub-Inspector); Ram Naresh Shukla (Head Constable); Rajaram Mishra (Head Constable); Ganniuddin (Constable) (4 in record)
**Victims:** Rampura man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 2 yrs; Rs 1.1 lakh (Rs 1,10,000)
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. A Rampura man was brought to Rampura Police Station for interrogation on October 13, 1981, where he was subjected to brutal custodial torture and died of multiple traumatic injuries. The police attempted to screen the offence by creating false roznamcha entries and attempting to cremate the corpse as an unclaimed body until local bar members and villagers intervened. Setting aside the trial court acquittals and partial High Court acquittal, the Supreme Court convicted Sub-Inspector Shyamsunder Trivedi and three other police officers under Sections 304 Part II read with 34, 201, and 342 of the IPC. The Court held that when custodial death occurs, a presumption arises against the police custodians, sentencing Trivedi to two years RI plus Rs. 50,000 fine and the other three officers to one year RI plus Rs. 20,000 fine each, with all fines directed to be paid as compensation to the victim's heirs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Generally speaking, it would be police officials alone who can only explain the circumstances in which a person in their custody had died.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/838507/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** State of Madhya Pradesh vs Shyamsunder Trivedi 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1995-05-09', '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': '(1995) 4 SCC 262', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/838507/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Supreme Court reversed acquittals and convicted four police personnel under IPC 304 Part II/34, 201, 342 for custodial death of a Rampura man, ordering fines paid to victim's heirs.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by Supreme Court.

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