The Supreme Court on 10 July 2017 dismissed the appeals of four Gujarat policemen including IPS officer R.[name withheld] and two government doctors, upholding the Bombay High Court convictions under Sections 201 and 218 IPC for sabotaging the a woman gang-rape and murder probe. The Court observed they had been unreasonably acquitted by the trial court despite clear-cut evidence of mis-recording the FIR, burying bodies without proper post-mortem and filing false closure reports. The High Court had sentenced them to the period undergone with fines of Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000. In 2019 the Court separately awarded a woman 50 lakh with a job and housing and ordered disciplinary action against the convicted policemen. 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 Appeals from Bombay High Court judgment dated 04-05-2017 (Crl.A. Nos. 1020-1023/2009 etc.), the Bombay High Court (Coram: S. A. Bobde, L. Nageswara Rao, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Limkheda, Gujarat Police; Inspector, Limkheda Police Station; Police officer, Limkheda Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Limkheda Police Station.
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 4 May 2017 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“In view of the above, we set aside acquittal of accused Nos.13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20 under Sections 201 and 218 of IPC and we hold them guilty of the offences punishable under sections 201 and 218 …” (para 371)
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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