# Gangdhar Police Station House Officer and others vs State of Rajasthan

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 August 2010 in D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Narendra Kumar Jain, Meena V. Gomber, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station.

- Register number: RJ 17 CW 0001
- Case reference: D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Narendra Kumar Jain, Meena V. Gomber, JJ.), 5 August 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 331 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For the foregoing reasons, and in the light of principles of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court from time to time, we do not find any illegality or perversity in the judgment and order passed by learned Trial Court, …” (at para 103)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- Present status of the proceedings: Supreme Court of India, 27 April 2016: acquitted on appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/751582/); [Supreme Court of India order](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/178967533/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0006)

**Record:** CW-2010-0006 (compiler id CWC-0319); case RAJAST-001; aliases: CWC-0533
**Title:** Gangdhar Police Station House Officer and others vs State of Rajasthan
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: Narendra Kumar Jain; Meena V. Gomber
**Case number / citation:** D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004
**Judgment:** 2010-08-05 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-05-06 (1999)
**Place:** Jhalawar, Rajasthan; city town: Gangdhar; police station or unit: Gangdhar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 331; IPC 348; IPC 201; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station (4 in record)
**Victims:** Gangdhar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of SHO and Constables, \[name withheld\], and \[name withheld\] of Gangdhar Police Station for the custodial death of a Gangdhar man The deceased had been illegally detained for interrogation on 5 May 1999 and was tortured to death in police custody on the night of 6-7 May 1999, after which the police personnel transported the body in a police vehicle and burned it to destroy evidence. Affirming the judgment of the Special Judge, SC/ST Court, Jhalawar, the High Court held that the prosecution had conclusively established an unbroken chain of circumstantial evidence proving the offences under Sections 302, 331, 348, and 201 read with Section 34 IPC. Later proceedings: on 27 April 2016, the Supreme Court of India acquitted \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\] of all charges on appeal; the convictions recorded in this judgment therefore do not stand. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> For the foregoing reasons, and in the light of principles of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court from time to time, we do not find any illegality or perversity in the judgment and order passed by learned Trial Court, hence we concur with the findings arrived at by learned Sessions Judge and uphold the conviction and sentence awarded to the appellants as mentioned hereinabove.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/751582/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1094335/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/257706/)
**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:** 103
**display title redacted:** Gangdhar Police Station House Officer and others vs State of Rajasthan
**final outcome url:** https://indiankanoon.org/doc/178967533/
**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 Rajasthan High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Rajasthan High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2010-08-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2016-04-27', 'action_type': 'Acquitted on appeal', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'Later proceedings: on 27 April 2016, the Supreme Court of India acquitted \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\] of all charges on appeal; the convictions recorded in this judgment therefore do not stand.', 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Conviction not standing', 'source': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/178967533/', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**later proceedings:** {'court': 'Supreme Court of India', 'date': '2016-04-27', 'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/178967533/', 'outcome': 'acquitted_on_appeal'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/751582/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1094335/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/257706/', '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:** Rajasthan High Court upheld conviction and life imprisonment of SHO and three constables for custodial torture and murder of a Gangdhar man
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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