Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: Crl.R.P. Nos. 2924 and 3906 of 2009
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CW-2010-0019Kannur, KeralaJudgment 16 September 2010
Kerala Police personnel vs The State of Kerala (with Crl.R.P. No. 2924 of 2009)
The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. On 12 February 1988, following critical reports against the SP Kannur, police picked up a Kannur man, Editor, Printer and Publisher of the evening daily Sudhinam, from Fort Road, Kannur, and confined him in the Kannur Town lock-up from 8.30 p.m. till production at 4.30 a.m. despite bailable offences and offered sureties; the same night police broke open the Sudhinam office and Jyothi Printing Press, dismantled machinery and posted a picket. The CBI charge-sheeted 12 police personnel; the trial court convicted four and the appellate court retained only the Sections 342 and 427 convictions of accused Nos.2 and 3. In revision the High Court held the detention was wrongful confinement and the search unjustified, dismissed both revisions, and confirmed imprisonment till rising of court with Rs.25,000 compensation each under Section 357(3) CrPC, while confirming acquittals on conspiracy and assault charges. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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Report card
By judgment dated 16 September 2010 in Crl.R.P. Nos. 2924 and 3906 of 2009, the Kerala High Court (Coram: V. K. Mohanan, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Kerala Police, Kannur; Police personnel, Kerala Police, Kannur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.
- Register number
- KL 13 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Crl.R.P. Nos. 2924 and 3906 of 2009
- Court and date
- Kerala High Court (Coram: V. K. Mohanan, J.), 16 September 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police personnel, Kerala Police, Kannur; Police personnel, Kerala Police, Kannur
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 427 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “I find no reason to interfere with the conviction recorded by both the trial court as well as the appellate court against the revision petitioners under Section 342 of I.P.C.” (at para 98 (quote sits at end of para 98; '99. The next challenge...' follows))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0 years. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Kerala High Court judgment dated 16 September 2010 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
OtherPrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“I find no reason to interfere with the conviction recorded by both the trial court as well as the appellate court against the revision petitioners under Section 342 of I.P.C.” (para 98 (quote sits at end of para 98; '99. The next challenge...' follows))
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Institutional response
16 Sep 2010
Order issued
ConcludedThe Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: Crl.R.P. Nos. 2924 and 3906 of 2009
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.