# Ettumanoor Police Deputy Superintendent of Police vs State of Kerala

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 December 2009 in Crl.A. Nos. 86/2006, 193/2006 and 1796/2007, the Kerala High Court (Coram: K. Balakrishnan Nair J., P. Bhavadasan J., JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Malappuram (posting at relevant time).

- Register number: KL 05 CW 0002
- Case reference: Crl.A. Nos. 86/2006, 193/2006 and 1796/2007
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: K. Balakrishnan Nair J., P. Bhavadasan J., JJ.), 10 December 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Malappuram (posting at relevant time)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The case from which these appeals arise reveals a gruesome and horrendous murder by the guardian of law along with four others, three of whom are mercenaries.” (at para 1)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- 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/1756335/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0034)

**Record:** CW-2009-0034 (compiler id CWC-0812); case GAP2-30-001
**Title:** Ettumanoor Police Deputy Superintendent of Police vs State of Kerala
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: K. Balakrishnan Nair J.; P. Bhavadasan J.
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. Nos. 86/2006, 193/2006 and 1796/2007
**Judgment:** 2009-12-10 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-02-15 (2005)
**Place:** Kottayam, Kerala; city town: Ettumanoor; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 201; IPC 364; IPC 120B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Deputy Superintendent of Police, Malappuram (posting at relevant time) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ettumanoor man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Kerala High Court Division Bench (judgment by P. Bhavadasan, J.) dismissed the appeals of \[name withheld\], a serving Deputy Superintendent of Police, and a second accused against their life sentences imposed by the Sessions Court, Kottayam (S.C. No. 145/2005) for the gruesome murder of an Ettumanoor man, a former driver, on 15 February 2005, and dismissed the State appeal seeking the death sentence. The Court held the prosecution proved murder by the guardian of law with hired accomplices over a personal grudge, with the body dismembered after death. It held that although a police officer crime must normally be viewed very seriously, the case fell outside the rarest-of-rare category, so capital punishment was refused. The Supreme Court dismissed \[name withheld\] further appeal (Crl.A. No. 1774/2010) on 4 February 2013, leaving the life sentence final. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The case from which these appeals arise reveals a gruesome and horrendous murder by the guardian of law along with four others, three of whom are mercenaries.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1756335/); [orderlaw-bphmhzeseagsd2ce.z03.azurefd.net](https://orderlaw-bphmhzeseagsd2ce.z03.azurefd.net/cms-cnr-data/supreme_court_data/pdf_files/jonew/judis/40012.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** other
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 1
**display title redacted:** Ettumanoor Police Deputy Superintendent of Police vs State of Kerala
**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 Kerala High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Crl.A. Nos. 86/2006, 193/2006 and 1796/2007', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2009-12-10', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Crl.A. Nos. 86/2006, 193/2006 and 1796/2007', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1756335/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://orderlaw-bphmhzeseagsd2ce.z03.azurefd.net/cms-cnr-data/supreme_court_data/pdf_files/jonew/judis/40012.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** DB confirmed life sentences of DySP \[name withheld\] and co-accused for murder; State death-sentence appeal dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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