# The Matter Of State (Through SPE/CBI/Patna) vs \[name withheld\] And Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 May 2011 in Govt. Appeal (SJ) No. 65 of 1990, the Patna High Court (Coram: Dharnidhar Jha, J.) recorded the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Officer-in-Charge, Sabour Police Station; Police Personnel, Sabour Police Station.

- Register number: BR 10 CW 0010
- Case reference: Govt. Appeal (SJ) No. 65 of 1990
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Dharnidhar Jha, J.), 2 May 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Officer-in-Charge, Sabour Police Station; Police Personnel, Sabour Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 220 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The acquittal of respondent \[name withheld\] and Sri \[name withheld\] is hereby set aside. The judgment of conviction and the order of sentence passed upon \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\] by the trial Magistrate is restored.” (at para 42)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 3 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/1688817/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0006)

**Record:** CW-2011-0006 (compiler id CWC-0051); case BIHAR2-003
**Title:** The Matter Of State (Through SPE/CBI/Patna) vs \[name withheld\] And Ors
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Dharnidhar Jha
**Case number / citation:** Govt. Appeal (SJ) No. 65 of 1990
**Judgment:** 2011-05-02 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1980-07-25 (1980)
**Place:** Bhagalpur, Bihar; city town: Sabour; police station or unit: Sabour Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 326; IPC 120B; IPC 220
**Officers (gated display forms):** Officer-in-Charge, Sabour Police Station; Police Personnel, Sabour Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Sabour man; Sabour man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

In the infamous Bhagalpur blindings case, the Patna High Court allowed the CBI's appeal against the judgment of acquittal passed by the 14th Additional Sessions Judge, Patna, and restored the conviction and sentence against police Officer-in-\[name withheld\] and police personnel \[name withheld\]. The accused policemen had rounded up victims a Sabour man and a Sabour man from villages under Sabour Police Station on July 25, 1980, confined them in a school and the police station, and pierced their eyes with a sharp takua before pouring corrosive acid. Holding the lower appellate court's acquittal perverse and unsupported by evidence, the High Court convicted both policemen under Sections 326, 120B, and 220 IPC and directed them to surrender to serve their sentences of rigorous imprisonment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The acquittal of respondent \[name withheld\] and Sri \[name withheld\] is hereby set aside. The judgment of conviction and the order of sentence passed upon \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\] by the trial Magistrate is restored.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1688817/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/767158/pdf/?view=inline); [bhaskarenglish.in](https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/amp/bihar-election/news/bhagalpur-blindings-case-operation-gangajal-congress-bjp-136220354.html)
**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:** 42
**display title redacted:** The Matter Of State (Through SPE/CBI/Patna) vs \[name withheld\] 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2011-05-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Govt. Appeal (SJ) No. 65 of 1990', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1688817/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/767158/pdf/?view=inline', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/amp/bihar-election/news/bhagalpur-blindings-case-operation-gangajal-congress-bjp-136220354.html', '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:** Patna HC set aside acquittal and convicted police officers and \[name withheld\] for Bhagalpur blinding of undertrials.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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