Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: LAWS(BOM)-2007-12-88
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CW-2007-0032Nagpur, MaharashtraJudgment 13 December 2007
Nagpur Police Police Inspector and others vs State of Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) upheld the conviction of nine Nagpur Crime Branch policemen under Section 330 IPC for custodially torturing a Nagpur man, picked up from his home around 1 a.m. on 24 June 1993 and found dead in the lock-up that morning with 23 injuries. The Court dismissed the State appeals against acquittal for murder and for enhancement, acquitted the nine of the ss.354/355/342 charges and acquitted A-10 (Raghunath Bhakte) entirely. The Supreme Court (Yashwant Etc. vs State of Maharashtra, 4 September 2018) sustained the s.330 guilt, rejected the superior-orders defence, and enhanced the 3-year sentence to seven years rigorous imprisonment; A-1's appeal had abated on his death.
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Report card
By judgment dated 13 December 2007 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 393, 394, 395, 397, 419 and 420 of 1995, the Bombay High Court affirmed the conviction of 9 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Assistant Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Sub-Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur.
- Register number
- MH 31 CW 0007
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal Nos. 393, 394, 395, 397, 419 and 420 of 1995 / LAWS(BOM)-2007-12-88
- Court and date
- Bombay High Court, 13 December 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Assistant Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Sub-Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “By order dated 13.12.2007, the High Court dismissed the appeal preferred by the State being Criminal Appeal Nos. 419 and 420 of 1995, but partly allowed the appeals preferred by the accused officer by acquitting accused no. 1 to 9 …” (at para 10 (of SC judgment Yashwant Etc. vs State of Maharashtra, 4 Sept 2018, Criminal Appeal Nos. 385-386 of 2008 etc.))
- 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.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Bombay High Court judgment dated 13 December 2007 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“By order dated 13.12.2007, the High Court dismissed the appeal preferred by the State being Criminal Appeal Nos. 419 and 420 of 1995, but partly allowed the appeals preferred by the accused officer by acquitting accused no. 1 to 9 …” (para 10 (of SC judgment Yashwant Etc. vs State of Maharashtra, 4 Sept 2018, Criminal Appeal Nos. 385-386 of 2008 etc.))
Separate from verification
Institutional response
13 Dec 2007
Order issued
ConcludedThe Bombay High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: LAWS(BOM)-2007-12-88
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.