# Nagpur Police Police Inspector and others vs State of Maharashtra

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=317002648100&title=bhaskar-sitaram-narule-vs-state-of-maharashatra); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0032)

**Record:** CW-2007-0032 (compiler id CWC-0769); case GAP2-10-001
**Title:** Nagpur Police Police Inspector and others vs State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Nagpur
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 393, 394, 395, 397, 419 and 420 of 1995 / LAWS(BOM)-2007-12-88
**Judgment:** 2007-12-13 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-06-24 (1993)
**Place:** Nagpur, Maharashtra; city town: Nagpur; police station or unit: Crime Branch, Nagpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 330; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** 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 (9 in record)
**Victims:** Nagpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

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.

> 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 of the offences punishable under Sections 354, 355, 342 read with 34 of IPC, however, upheld the conviction under Section 330 of IPC.

**Sources (3):** [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=317002648100&title=bhaskar-sitaram-narule-vs-state-of-maharashatra); [advocatekhoj.com](https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=2018/september/yashwant-etc-vs-the-state-of-maharashtra-1); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5b8eba5b9eff430c43a25751)
**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:** 10 (of SC judgment Yashwant Etc. vs State of Maharashtra, 4 Sept 2018, Criminal Appeal Nos. 385-386 of 2008 etc.)
**display title redacted:** Nagpur Police Police Inspector and others vs State of Maharashtra
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'LAWS(BOM)-2007-12-88', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2007-12-13', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'LAWS(BOM)-2007-12-88', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=317002648100&title=bhaskar-sitaram-narule-vs-state-of-maharashatra', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=2018/september/yashwant-etc-vs-the-state-of-maharashtra-1', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5b8eba5b9eff430c43a25751', '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 text paywalled; substance corroborated verbatim by SC judgment recording the 13.12.2007 order.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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