# State of Madhya Pradesh v. Indar Police Station House Officer and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 August 2002 in Criminal Appeal No. 79 of 1990, the Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded the conviction of 5 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Head Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Head Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri.

- Register number: MP 33 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 79 of 1990
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court, 1 August 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Head Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Head Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The evidence on the record clearly shows that death of an Indar man was a direct consequence of the inexcusable and inhuman torture by the police.” (at para 32)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 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://www.legalauthority.in/amp/judgement/haricharan-vs-state-of-m-p-8490); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0027)

**Record:** CW-2002-0027 (compiler id CWC-1243); case GAP3-74-001
**Title:** State of Madhya Pradesh v. Indar Police Station House Officer and others
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 79 of 1990
**Judgment:** 2002-08-01 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1983-10-08 (1983)
**Place:** Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Indar; police station or unit: Police Station Indar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II; IPC 330
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Head Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Head Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri; Constable, Police Station Indar, Shivpuri (5 in record)
**Victims:** Indar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 5 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) on 1 August 2002 allowed the State's appeal against acquittal and convicted five Police Station Indar personnel for custodial torture causing the death of theft suspect \[name withheld\]. An Indar man was illegally detained without record from 8 October 1983, given electric shocks on his scrotum to extort a confession, released on 11 October 1983 and died on 13 October 1983. Each officer received five years' RI with Rs 5,000 fine under s.304 Part II IPC and three years' RI under s.330 IPC. The Supreme Court (9 March 2011, Crl.A. Nos. 581-584 of 2003) affirmed, holding the death a direct consequence of inexcusable and inhuman torture by the police; HC full text verified via the SC record. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The evidence on the record clearly shows that death of an Indar man was a direct consequence of the inexcusable and inhuman torture by the police.

**Sources (2):** [legalauthority.in](https://www.legalauthority.in/amp/judgement/haricharan-vs-state-of-m-p-8490); [advocatekhoj.com](http://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/announcement.php?WID=696)
**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:** 32
**display title redacted:** State of Madhya Pradesh v. Indar Police Station House Officer and others
**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': '2002-08-01', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 79 of 1990', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.legalauthority.in/amp/judgement/haricharan-vs-state-of-m-p-8490', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'http://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/announcement.php?WID=696', '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 reversed acquittal, convicted 5 officers for custodial death; affirmed by SC 2011 (HC text via SC record).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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