# Chikkaballapur Man vs A. B. Devaiah & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 October 2010 in Criminal Appeal No. 1455 of 2005, the Karnataka High Court recorded the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: A. B. Devaiah (Sub-Inspector of Police); Byatappa (Police Constable); Nagaraj (Police Constable); Khaleel (Police Constable).

- Register number: KA 40 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 1455 of 2005
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court, 29 October 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: A. B. Devaiah (Sub-Inspector of Police); Byatappa (Police Constable); Nagaraj (Police Constable); Khaleel (Police Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This appeal is allowed. The order of acquittal passed by the learned Magistrate is set aside. The accused 1 to 4 are convicted for the offence under Sec.341 and 323 IPC.” (at para 18)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court.
- 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/1768438/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0011)

**Record:** CW-2010-0011 (compiler id CWC-0194); case KARNAT-009
**Title:** Chikkaballapur Man vs A. B. Devaiah & Ors.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 1455 of 2005
**Judgment:** 2010-10-29 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-01-17 (1989)
**Place:** Chikkaballapur, Karnataka (district at time: Kolar); city town: Chikkaballapur; police station or unit: Town Police Station, Chikkaballapur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 341; IPC 323; Probation of Offenders Act 1958 s.4
**Officers (gated display forms):** A. B. Devaiah (Sub-Inspector of Police); Byatappa (Police Constable); Nagaraj (Police Constable); Khaleel (Police Constable) (4 in record)
**Victims:** Chikkaballapur man, age 42 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. On 17 January 1989, complainant \[name withheld\] arrived at the Chikkaballapur court premises with his advocate and surety to move a bail application in a bailable case, but was apprehended by the Sub-Inspector and three constables, dragged to the police station, assaulted with fists and boots, and subjected to electric shocks. The trial Magistrate acquitted all four policemen in 2005. The Karnataka High Court reversed the acquittal, holding that the complainant had been illegally detained and assaulted despite the offence being bailable. The High Court convicted all four police officers under Sections 341 and 323 IPC, releasing them on probation under Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act upon executing good behaviour bonds. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This appeal is allowed. The order of acquittal passed by the learned Magistrate is set aside. The accused 1 to 4 are convicted for the offence under Sec.341 and 323 IPC.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1768438/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Chikkaballapur Man vs A. B. Devaiah & 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': '2010-10-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 1455 of 2005', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1768438/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** Karnataka HC set aside trial court acquittal and convicted Sub-Inspector and three constables under IPC 341 and 323 for custodial violence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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