18 Dec 2017
Order issued
ConcludedThe Allahabad High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: Government Appeal No. 3448 of 2002
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CW-2017-0014Budaun, Uttar PradeshJudgment 18 December 2017
State of U.P. v. Kunwargaon Police Sub-Inspector / Station House Officer & Ors.
The judgment of the Allahabad High Court records the following account. A Kunwargaon man was picked up from his field on 5 September 1994 by Station House Officer's party and detained in the Kunwargaon police lock-up for nearly a week without being challaned in any case, during which he was regularly beaten. On 12 September 1994 kerosene was poured on him and he was set ablaze inside the police station, dying of extensive burn injuries. Independent shopkeepers opposite the station and a co-detenu supported the illegal detention and beating, and the deceased told his cousin that the SO had burnt him. The Special Judge (PC Act) acquitted all eight policemen in 2002, but the High Court held the trial court had committed a grave miscarriage of justice, reversed the SHO's acquittal and convicted him under Sections 302, 343 and 220 IPC, sentencing him to life imprisonment with fines, while affirming the acquittal of the seven constables. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 18 December 2017 in Government Appeal No. 3448 of 2002, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Arun Tandon, Rajul Bhargava, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Sub-Inspector / Station House Officer, PS Kunwargaon, Budaun.
- Register number
- UP 24 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Government Appeal No. 3448 of 2002
- Court and date
- Allahabad High Court (Coram: Arun Tandon, Rajul Bhargava, JJ.), 18 December 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector / Station House Officer, PS Kunwargaon, Budaun
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 343 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 220 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “This State appeal is allowed against respondent no.1-[name withheld] and he is held guilty for an offence punishable under Section 302, 343, 220 IPC.” (at para 50)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Allahabad High Court judgment dated 18 December 2017 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported
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.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“This State appeal is allowed against respondent no.1-[name withheld] and he is held guilty for an offence punishable under Section 302, 343, 220 IPC.” (para 50)
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.