# Mumbai Police Police Officer and others vs State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 September 1999, the Bombay High Court (Coram: D.G. Deshpande, J.) affirmed the conviction of 7 police personnel, namely: Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai.

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0003
- Case reference: 2000(5) Bom CR 410
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: D.G. Deshpande, J.), 18 September 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The appeal is dismissed and the judgment of conviction and sentence of the trial Court against all the accused is maintained, confirmed and up held.” (at para 84)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 3 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/659266/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0010)

**Record:** CW-1999-0010 (compiler id CWC-0704); case GAP4-004
**Title:** Mumbai Police Police Officer and others vs State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: D.G. Deshpande
**Case number / citation:** 2000(5) Bom CR 410
**Judgment:** 1999-09-18 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-06-27 (1990)
**Place:** Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra; city town: Mumbai; police station or unit: Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 330; IPC 304
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai; Police Officer, Oshiwara Police Station, Mumbai (7 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai man, age 26 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. A Mumbai man, aged about 26, was tortured through the night of 27/28 June 1990 in the kachcha lock-up of Oshiwara Police Station by seven police officers, witnessed by co-detainees, and died of the injuries after admission to Bhagwati Hospital. The Additional Sessions Judge, Bombay acquitted the officers of culpable homicide under Section 304 IPC but convicted all seven under Section 330 IPC (3 years' RI for accused no. 1, 2 years' RI plus fine for the rest). The defence was total denial with a claim that kidnappers had assaulted Raju. The High Court dismissed the appeal, maintaining and confirming the convictions and sentences, remarking that the State should have appealed the Section 304 acquittal, and directed surrender within four weeks.

> The appeal is dismissed and the judgment of conviction and sentence of the trial Court against all the accused is maintained, confirmed and up held.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/659266/)
**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:** 84
**display title redacted:** Mumbai Police Police Officer and others vs State of Maharashtra
**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': \['outcome_type', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2000(5) Bom CR 410', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1999-09-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2000(5) Bom CR 410', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/659266/', '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:** HC judgment verified; Section 330 convictions of all 7 Oshiwara officers for custodial torture-death confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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