# Delhi Police Head Constable v. State of NCT of Delhi (Delhi Police personnel v. State)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 December 2015 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 447 and 484 of 2010, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, Uday Umesh Lalit, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police; Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police; Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police.

- Register number: DL 01 CW 0009
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 447 and 484 of 2010
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, Uday Umesh Lalit, JJ.), 16 December 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police; Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police; Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having regard to our above conclusions, we do not find any merit in both the appeals. The appeals fail and the same are dismissed.” (at para 20)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- 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/163386750/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0011)

**Record:** CW-2015-0011 (compiler id CWC-0343); case SUPREM-028
**Title:** Delhi Police Head Constable v. State of NCT of Delhi (Delhi Police personnel v. State)
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla; Uday Umesh Lalit
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 447 and 484 of 2010
**Judgment:** 2015-12-16 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1980-08-01 (1980)
**Place:** North Delhi, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: Andha Mughal Police Post; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 34; IPC 330
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police; Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police; Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of three Delhi policemen convicted for illegally confining a Delhi man @ a Delhi man at Andha Mughal police post from 1 to 5 August 1980, beating him every few hours to extort a theft confession, then burning him alive when the head constable poured kerosene and the constables lit matches. The Court believed the magistrate-recorded dying declaration naming all three, corroborated by extensive bruises at post-mortem, and rejected the suicide and alibi defences. All three kept life sentences under Section 302 read with Section 34 with Rs 5,000 fine, with two also serving two years under Section 330. The convictions came 35 years after the crime. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Having regard to our above conclusions, we do not find any merit in both the appeals. The appeals fail and the same are dismissed.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/163386750/); [supremecourtcases.com](https://www.supremecourtcases.com/narender-kumar-v-state-of-nct-of-delhi/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/createfile/67358/tp:pd)
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Delhi Police Head Constable v. State of NCT of Delhi (Delhi Police personnel v. State)
**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': 'Criminal Appeal Nos. 447 and 484 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2015-12-16', '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': 'Criminal Appeal Nos. 447 and 484 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/163386750/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.supremecourtcases.com/narender-kumar-v-state-of-nct-of-delhi/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/createfile/67358/tp:pd', '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:** Life maintained for torturing detainee then burning him alive; dying declaration believed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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