# The State of Maharashtra vs Kolhapur Police Inspector and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 March 2007 in Criminal Appeal No. 1084 of 1988 with Criminal Revision Application No. 82 of 1989, the Bombay High Court (Coram: D.G. Deshpande, S.R. Sathe, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur; Police personnel, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur; Inspector, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur.

- Register number: MH 09 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 1084 of 1988 with Criminal Revision Application No. 82 of 1989
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: D.G. Deshpande, S.R. Sathe, JJ.), 22 March 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur; Police personnel, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur; Inspector, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 193 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Accused Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are held guilty Under Section 302 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code and they are sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life with fine of Rs. 5,000/- in default to suffer R.I. for two …” (at para Operative order (after para 77))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- Present status of the proceedings: Supreme Court of India, 19 November 2013: acquitted on appeal. Supreme Court of India, 19 November 2013: conviction set aside.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1774485/); [Supreme Court of India order](https://hcraj.nic.in/sci/2007/4-1004-2007_2013-11-19.pdf); [Supreme Court of India order](https://hcraj.nic.in/sci/2007/4-1004-2007_2013-11-19.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0020)

**Record:** CW-2007-0020 (compiler id CWC-1140); case GAP3-21-003
**Title:** The State of Maharashtra vs Kolhapur Police Inspector and others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: D.G. Deshpande; S.R. Sathe
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 1084 of 1988 with Criminal Revision Application No. 82 of 1989
**Judgment:** 2007-03-22 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1985-12-17 (1985)
**Place:** Kolhapur, Maharashtra; city town: Kolhapur; police station or unit: Shahupuri Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 302 r/w 34; IPC 342 r/w 34; IPC 218 r/w 34; IPC 193 r/w 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur; Police personnel, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur; Inspector, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur (3 in record)
**Victims:** Kolhapur man, age 25 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

Arun Pandav, 25, was picked up from his home around midnight on 16.12.1985 by Shahupuri police probing an elopement case and found dead with 19 injuries in the lock-up on 17.12.1985. The Sessions Court acquitted all 11 accused policemen, accepting a heart-failure theory. The court held Arun died of assault in the lock-up, the arrest panchanama and station records were fabricated, and convicted accused Nos.1-3 under ss.302/342/218/193 r/w s.34 IPC with concurrent life terms, upholding the acquittal of the other eight. Later proceedings: on 19 November 2013, the Supreme Court of India set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Accused Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are held guilty Under Section 302 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code and they are sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life with fine of Rs. 5,000/- in default to suffer R.I. for two years.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1774485/); [archive.org](https://archive.org/download/india.highcourt.judgement.hcbm010000181988/HCBM010000181988.pdf)
**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:** Operative order (after para 77)
**display title redacted:** The State of Maharashtra vs Kolhapur Police Inspector and others
**final outcome url:** https://hcraj.nic.in/sci/2007/4-1004-2007_2013-11-19.pdf
**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': '2007-03-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 1084 of 1988 with Criminal Revision Application No. 82 of 1989', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2013-11-19', 'action_type': 'Acquitted on appeal', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'Later proceedings: on 19 November 2013, the Supreme Court of India set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand.', 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Conviction not standing', 'source': 'https://hcraj.nic.in/sci/2007/4-1004-2007_2013-11-19.pdf', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**later proceedings:** {'court': 'Supreme Court of India', 'date': '2013-11-19', 'url': 'https://hcraj.nic.in/sci/2007/4-1004-2007_2013-11-19.pdf', 'outcome': 'acquitted_on_appeal'}; {'court': 'Supreme Court of India', 'date': '2013-11-19', 'url': 'https://hcraj.nic.in/sci/2007/4-1004-2007_2013-11-19.pdf', 'outcome': 'conviction_set_aside'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1774485/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://archive.org/download/india.highcourt.judgement.hcbm010000181988/HCBM010000181988.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** overturned
**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; 3 Shahupuri policemen convicted of custodial murder, life terms.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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