# Petlad Police Senior Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 April 2007 in Criminal Appeal against Sessions Case No. 172 of 1991, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Anil R. Dave, K.S. Jhaveri, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Senior Police Sub-Inspector, Petlad Rural Police Station.

- Register number: GJ 23 CW 0003
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal against Sessions Case No. 172 of 1991
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Anil R. Dave, K.S. Jhaveri, JJ.), 4 April 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Senior Police Sub-Inspector, Petlad Rural Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 331 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “There is no evidence inconsistent with the guilt of the appellant and, therefore, in our opinion, the circumstantial evidence is sufficient in this case so as to confirm the conviction.” (at para 52)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 10 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/161601/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0003)

**Record:** CW-2007-0003 (compiler id CWC-0141); case GUJARA-012
**Title:** Petlad Police Senior Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Anil R. Dave; K.S. Jhaveri
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal against Sessions Case No. 172 of 1991
**Judgment:** 2007-04-04 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1988-02-06 (1988)
**Place:** Anand, Gujarat (district at time: Kheda); city town: Petlad; police station or unit: Petlad Rural Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II; IPC 331
**Officers (gated display forms):** Senior Police Sub-Inspector, Petlad Rural Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Petlad man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 10 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

A Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court confirmed the conviction of Senior PSI of Petlad Rural police station for the custodial death of Bhupendrabhai Patel, arrested on 04.02.1988, handed to the PSI on 24-hour remand on 05.02.1988 and found dead with severe injuries at 2:30 a.m. on 06.02.1988. The Court held the deceased was beaten to death in the sole custody of the appellant, whose burden under Section 106 of the Evidence Act went unrebutted, and rejected the parity plea based on the co-accused's acquittal. The appeal was dismissed, the 10-year RI sentences under Sections 304 Part II and 331 IPC confirmed, bail cancelled and the appellant given 5 weeks to surrender.

> There is no evidence inconsistent with the guilt of the appellant and, therefore, in our opinion, the circumstantial evidence is sufficient in this case so as to confirm the conviction.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161601/)
**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:** 52
**display title redacted:** Petlad Police Senior Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Gujarat
**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': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal against Sessions Case No. 172 of 1991', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2007-04-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal against Sessions Case No. 172 of 1991', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161601/', '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 dismissed appeal of Senior PSI and confirmed 10y RI each under ss.304-II and 331 for custodial death.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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