# Mehboob Batcha and Others vs State Rep. by Superintendent of Police

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 March 2011 in Criminal Appeal No. 1511 of 2003, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Markandey Katju, J., Gyan Sudha Misra, J., JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 6 police personnel, namely: Mehboob Batcha (Sub-Inspector); Sub-Inspector (SHO), Annamalai Nagar Police Station; A-3 (Head Constable); A-6 (Constable); A-8 (Constable); A-10 (Constable).

- Register number: TN 31 CW 0006
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 1511 of 2003 / (2011) 7 SCC 745
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Markandey Katju, J., Gyan Sudha Misra, J., JJ.), 29 March 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Mehboob Batcha (Sub-Inspector); Sub-Inspector (SHO), Annamalai Nagar Police Station; A-3 (Head Constable); A-6 (Constable); A-8 (Constable); A-10 (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 376(2)(a) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 343 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 220 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Both the trial Court and the High Court have found the appellants guilty and we see no reason to disagree with their verdict. To prove the charges the prosecution examined as many as 37 witnesses, and they have proved the …” (at para 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 10.0 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/421778/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0004)

**Record:** CW-2011-0004 (compiler id CWC-0364); case SWCUSTOD-013
**Title:** Mehboob Batcha and Others vs State Rep. by Superintendent of Police
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Markandey Katju, J.; Gyan Sudha Misra, J.
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 1511 of 2003 / (2011) 7 SCC 745
**Judgment:** 2011-03-29 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-05-30 (1992)
**Place:** Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu (district at time: South Arcot); city town: Chidambaram; police station or unit: Annamalai Nagar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 376(2)(a); IPC 343; IPC 348; IPC 323; IPC 330; IPC 354; IPC 218; IPC 220; IPC 109
**Officers (gated display forms):** Mehboob Batcha (Sub-Inspector); Sub-Inspector (SHO), Annamalai Nagar Police Station; A-3 (Head Constable); A-6 (Constable); A-8 (Constable); A-10 (Constable) (6 in record)
**Victims:** Chidambaram woman; Chidambaram man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 10.0 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of police personnel convicted for the brutal May-June 1992 atrocities at Annamalai Nagar Police Station, where suspect a man was tortured to death with lathis and his wife the complainant was subjected to barbaric custodial gang-rape. Affirming the concurrent convictions by the trial court and the Madras High Court, the bench led by Justice Markandey Katju held the testimonies of 37 prosecution witnesses, particularly the harrowing account of victim the complainant, to be credible beyond reasonable doubt. The Court strongly criticized the failure of lower courts and investigators to frame charges under Section 302 IPC for murder, observing that custodial killings by police are rarest of rare crimes deserving the death penalty, but upheld the 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentences under Section 376(2)(a) IPC as well as convictions for wrongful confinement and voluntarily causing hurt. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Both the trial Court and the High Court have found the appellants guilty and we see no reason to disagree with their verdict. To prove the charges the prosecution examined as many as 37 witnesses, and they have proved the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/421778/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/26071083/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 5
**display title redacted:** Mehboob Batcha and Others vs State Rep. by Superintendent of Police
**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': 'wrong_facts', '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) 7 SCC 745', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2011-03-29', '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) 7 SCC 745', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/421778/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/26071083/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial rape sexual assault
**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 upheld conviction of police personnel for gang rape of Padmini and custodial torture of deceased \[name withheld\] at Annamalai Nagar PS.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': None, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'the complainant'}; {'age': None, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a man'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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