# Ahmedabad Police Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Gujarat (with State of Gujarat vs \[name withheld\] & Ors.)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 January 2008 in Criminal Appeal No. 209 of 1998 with Criminal Appeal No. 203 of 1998 (Sessions Case No. 97 of 1992, Addl. Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad City), the Gujarat High Court (Coram: A. M. Kapadia, R. H. Shukla, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Sub-Inspector, Surveillance Squad, Naranpura Police Station, Ahmedabad City.

- Register number: GJ 01 CW 0012
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 209 of 1998 with Criminal Appeal No. 203 of 1998 (Sessions Case No. 97 of 1992, Addl. Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad City)
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: A. M. Kapadia, R. H. Shukla, JJ.), 31 January 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Surveillance Squad, Naranpura Police Station, Ahmedabad City
- 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; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “it is duly established that A-1 has caused death of A-1 which is a custodial death and, therefore, no intention can be attributed to him however he had a knowledge and, therefore, the conviction recorded against A-1 from Sections 302/34 …” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/19684573/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0001)

**Record:** CW-2008-0001 (compiler id CWC-0131); case SWCUSTOD-037; aliases: CWC-1459
**Title:** Ahmedabad Police Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Gujarat (with State of Gujarat vs \[name withheld\] & Ors.)
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: A. M. Kapadia; R. H. Shukla
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 209 of 1998 with Criminal Appeal No. 203 of 1998 (Sessions Case No. 97 of 1992, Addl. Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad City)
**Judgment:** 2008-01-31 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-01-11 (1989)
**Place:** Ahmedabad, Gujarat; city town: Ahmedabad; police station or unit: Surveillance Squad, Naranpura Police Station, Ahmedabad City; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II; IPC 34; IPC 201; IPC 193
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Surveillance Squad, Naranpura Police Station, Ahmedabad City (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ahmedabad man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Gujarat High Court held that theft suspect \[name withheld\], taken on seven days' police remand on 10 January 1989, died a homicidal custodial death with 34 ante-mortem lathi injuries while in the custody of PSI of the Naranpura Surveillance Squad. The Court rejected \[name withheld\]'s defence that the deceased fell on iron fencing while escaping, finding the death occurred in his exclusive custody. It altered his murder conviction to Section 304 Part II read with Section 34 IPC and sentenced him to three years' rigorous imprisonment with a Rs 5,000 fine, while confirming the convictions for evidence-tampering under Sections 201 and 193 IPC. The Court dismissed the State's appeal against the acquittal of the co-accused policemen for want of proof of their presence.

> it is duly established that A-1 has caused death of A-1 which is a custodial death and, therefore, no intention can be attributed to him however he had a knowledge and, therefore, the conviction recorded against A-1 from Sections 302/34 IPC deserves to be altered to Sections 304 Part II/34 IPC

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/19684573/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/54915645/)
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Ahmedabad Police Police Sub-Inspector vs State of Gujarat (with State of Gujarat vs \[name withheld\] & Ors.)
**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 No. 209 of 1998 with Criminal Appeal No. 203 of 1998 (Sessions Case No. 97 of 1992, Addl. Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad City)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2008-01-31', '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 No. 209 of 1998 with Criminal Appeal No. 203 of 1998 (Sessions Case No. 97 of 1992, Addl. Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad City)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/19684573/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/54915645/', '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 judgment verified on primary source: PSI custodial-death conviction altered Sec 302 to Sec 304-II/34, 3 yrs RI; State appeal dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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