25 Sep 1996
Order issued
ConcludedThe Gujarat High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 1997 (1) GLR 229
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CW-1996-0009Vadodara, GujaratJudgment 25 September 1996
State of Gujarat vs Vadodara Police Police Sub-Inspector
The Gujarat High Court partly allowed the State acquittal appeal against the 31 March 1984 judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge, Baroda, and convicted PSI for the custodial death of cycle repairer a Vadodara man The Court found a Vadodara man was handed by PSI to [name withheld], in charge of the Cycle Squad at Sayajiganj police station, on 18 February 1980 and sustained 15 custodial injuries overnight including a fatal head injury with internal haemorrhage. It rejected the defence denial and held [name withheld] guilt proved beyond doubt, sentencing him to 3 years RI on each count concurrently plus Rs 10,000 fine payable to the widow. The acquittal of accused 2 to 6 was confirmed and the appeal abated against accused 7.
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Report card
By judgment dated 25 September 1996 in Criminal Appeal No. 881 of 1984, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: R. K. Abichandani, R. R. Jain, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Police Sub-Inspector, Cycle Squad, Sayajiganj Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.
- Register number
- GJ 06 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 881 of 1984 / 1997 (1) GLR 229
- Court and date
- Gujarat High Court (Coram: R. K. Abichandani, R. R. Jain, JJ.), 25 September 1996
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Sub-Inspector, Cycle Squad, Sayajiganj Police Station
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Death in Police custody is required to be seriously viewed and must be curbed with a heavy hand.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 3 years. Compensation: Rs 10,000.
- 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 Gujarat High Court judgment dated 25 September 1996 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.
“Death in Police custody is required to be seriously viewed and must be curbed with a heavy hand.” (para n/a)
Separate from verification
Institutional response
Continuing record
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.