# Silchar Police Daroga (In-charge) and others vs State of Assam

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 November 2003 in Crl. Appeal Nos. 272/01, 274/01 and 292/01, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: D. Biswas, Amitava Roy, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Daroga (In-charge), Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Constable, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Constable, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar.

- Register number: AS 11 CW 0001
- Case reference: Crl. Appeal Nos. 272/01, 274/01 and 292/01 / (2004) 3 GLR 77
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: D. Biswas, Amitava Roy, JJ.), 4 November 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Daroga (In-charge), Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Constable, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Constable, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar
- 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
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Death was the cumulative effect of the 41 injuries found all over his body.” (at para 58)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 6 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/649424/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0010)

**Record:** CW-2003-0010 (compiler id CWC-0031); case ASSAM-018
**Title:** Silchar Police Daroga (In-charge) and others vs State of Assam
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; judges: D. Biswas; Amitava Roy
**Case number / citation:** Crl. Appeal Nos. 272/01, 274/01 and 292/01 / (2004) 3 GLR 77
**Judgment:** 2003-11-04 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-08-24 (1996)
**Place:** Cachar, Assam; city town: Silchar; police station or unit: Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Daroga (In-charge), Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Constable, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar; Constable, Malugram Town Outpost, Silchar (4 in record)
**Victims:** Silchar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 6 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Gauhati High Court sustained the convictions of four Malugram Town Outpost policemen for torturing detainee a Silchar man to death over 24-26 August 1996. Arrested on the night of 24 August, he was repeatedly taken from the lock-up and assaulted at the appellants' will, sustaining 41 injuries to which the Court attributed his death. The Court ruled out the intent for murder and altered the two Section 302 convictions to Section 304 Part II read with Section 34, sentencing \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\] to six years' rigorous imprisonment with Rs 25,000 fine each. It maintained the four-year sentences of constables and \[name withheld\] and cancelled their bail bonds. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Death was the cumulative effect of the 41 injuries found all over his body.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/649424/)
**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:** 58
**display title redacted:** Silchar Police Daroga (In-charge) and others vs State of Assam
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Gauhati High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Gauhati High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2004) 3 GLR 77', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2003-11-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gauhati High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gauhati High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(2004) 3 GLR 77', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/649424/', '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:** All four convictions sustained (two altered 302 to 304-II); 6-yr max verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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