Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2011) 4 SCC 159
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CW-2011-0003Shivpuri, Madhya PradeshJudgment 9 March 2011
Haricharan and Ors vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors
The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. An Indar man was illegally picked up and detained at Indar Police Station, Shivpuri, from October 8 to 11, 1983, where police personnel subjected him to horrific torture, including electric shocks to his scrotum, to extort a confession in a theft case. The victim sustained severe injuries and a resultant fatal brain haemorrhage, succumbing shortly after being dumped outside. Although the trial court acquitted the accused policemen, the Madhya Pradesh High Court reversed the acquittal and convicted all five police personnel under Sections 304 Part II and 330 IPC, sentencing them to five years rigorous imprisonment. The Supreme Court dismissed their appeals, affirming that an Indar man's death was a direct consequence of inexcusable and inhuman police torture.
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By judgment dated 9 March 2011 in Crl.A. Nos. 581-584 of 2003, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: B. Sudershan Reddy, Surinder Singh Nijjar, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 5 police personnel, namely: Anil Kumar Singh Kushwaha (Station House Officer); Ram Ujagar Singh (Head Constable); Nathuram (Head Constable); Haricharan (Constable); Mazid Hussain (Constable).
- Register number
- MP 33 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Crl.A. Nos. 581-584 of 2003 / (2011) 4 SCC 159
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: B. Sudershan Reddy, Surinder Singh Nijjar, JJ.), 9 March 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Anil Kumar Singh Kushwaha (Station House Officer); Ram Ujagar Singh (Head Constable); Nathuram (Head Constable); Haricharan (Constable); Mazid Hussain (Constable)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The evidence on the record clearly shows that death of an Indar man was a direct consequence of the inexcusable and inhuman torture by the police.” (at para 32)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 5 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 9 March 2011 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial deathPrimary
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.
“The evidence on the record clearly shows that death of an Indar man was a direct consequence of the inexcusable and inhuman torture by the police.” (para 32)
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Institutional response
9 Mar 2011
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (2011) 4 SCC 159
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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.