On the CBI appeal against acquittal in the a woman gang-rape and murder trial, the Bombay High Court set aside the acquittal of five policemen (A13, A14, A15, A16, A18) and two doctors and convicted them under Sections 201 and 218 IPC. The Court held they suppressed facts, botched the inquest and post-mortem, and filed a false A-summary closure report to screen the offenders. Each was sentenced to the period already undergone plus Rs 5,000 fine under Section 201 and Rs 15,000 fine under Section 218, with all fine amounts directed to be paid to the prosecutrix as compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 4 May 2017 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1020-1023 of 2009, 487 of 2010; CBI appeals against acquittal Nos. 194 of 2011, 271 of 2011, the Bombay High Court (Coram: V. K. Tahilramani, Mridula Bhatkar, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 5 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod; Police Sub-Inspector, Limkheda / Fatehpura Police Station, Dahod; Police personnel, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod (in charge of police station); Circle Police Inspector, Limkheda, Dahod; Police personnel, Limkheda Sub-Division, Dahod (supervising officer), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.4 lakh (Rs 1,40,000).
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 4 May 2017 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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.
Holding not recorded separately.
“All the acts of commission and omission of the police and the medical officers cannot be examined in isolation but they are well connected with each other in a chain of suppression of facts causing disappearance of the evidence with …” (para 370)
The Bombay High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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