# Haricharan and Ors vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/130578477/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0003)

**Record:** CW-2011-0003 (compiler id CWC-0221); case MADHYA-006
**Title:** Haricharan and Ors vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: B. Sudershan Reddy; Surinder Singh Nijjar
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. Nos. 581-584 of 2003 / (2011) 4 SCC 159
**Judgment:** 2011-03-09 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1983-10-08 (1983)
**Place:** Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Indar; police station or unit: Indar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II; IPC 330
**Officers (gated display forms):** Anil Kumar Singh Kushwaha (Station House Officer); Ram Ujagar Singh (Head Constable); Nathuram (Head Constable); Haricharan (Constable); Mazid Hussain (Constable) (5 in record)
**Victims:** Indar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 5 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/130578477/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af0ae4b01497114156db)
**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:** 32
**display title redacted:** Haricharan and Ors vs State of Madhya Pradesh and 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': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2011) 4 SCC 159', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2011-03-09', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(2011) 4 SCC 159', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/130578477/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af0ae4b01497114156db', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**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:** Supreme Court affirmed the MP High Court conviction of five police personnel under IPC 304 Part II and 330 for custodial torture and death of an Indar man
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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