# Lahori Gate Police Constable v. State (Through NCT of Delhi); Sher Singh v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi; \[name withheld\] v. State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 January 2018 in Crl. A. Nos. 54/2004, 81/2004 & 198/2004 (against trial judgment 06-01-2004), the Delhi High Court (Coram: G. S. Sistani, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Constable, PS Lahori Gate, Delhi; Sher Singh (Sub-Inspector).

- Register number: DL 06 CW 0029
- Case reference: Crl. A. Nos. 54/2004, 81/2004 & 198/2004 (against trial judgment 06-01-2004)
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: G. S. Sistani, Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, JJ.), 3 January 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, PS Lahori Gate, Delhi; Sher Singh (Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “To conclude, we uphold the conviction of the appellant \[name withheld\] under Sections 302, 330 and 348 and the sentence imposed by the Trial Court. The conviction and sentence of appellant Sher Singh is also upheld. Appellant \[name withheld\] is …” (at para 156)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/43971311/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0001)

**Record:** CW-2018-0001 (compiler id CWC-0093); case DELHI-002
**Title:** Lahori Gate Police Constable v. State (Through NCT of Delhi); Sher Singh v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi; \[name withheld\] v. State
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: G. S. Sistani; Sangita Dhingra Sehgal
**Case number / citation:** Crl. A. Nos. 54/2004, 81/2004 & 198/2004 (against trial judgment 06-01-2004)
**Judgment:** 2018-01-03 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-05-10 (1991)
**Place:** Central Delhi, Delhi; city town: Lahori Gate; police station or unit: PS Lahori Gate, Delhi; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 330; IPC 348; IPC 304 Part II; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, PS Lahori Gate, Delhi; Sher Singh (Sub-Inspector) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Lahori Gate man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Division Bench upheld the convictions of Constable and Sub-Inspector Sher Singh of PS Lahori Gate for beating night-watchman a Lahori Gate man to death. Picked up around midnight on 1-5-1991 and illegally confined at the police station, the victim was beaten mercilessly while his father was asked for bribes for his release; he died on 10-5-1991. The court called it a case where guardians of law became its transgressors, upholding \[name withheld\]'s sections 302/330/348 conviction and Sher Singh's section 304-II conviction with surrender in 10 days. SHO was acquitted for want of a properly framed charge, but the court directed disciplinary proceedings against all including \[name withheld\] for fabrication of evidence. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> To conclude, we uphold the conviction of the appellant \[name withheld\] under Sections 302, 330 and 348 and the sentence imposed by the Trial Court. The conviction and sentence of appellant Sher Singh is also upheld. Appellant \[name withheld\] is acquitted of the charges against him.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/43971311/)
**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:** 156
**display title redacted:** Lahori Gate Police Constable v. State (Through NCT of Delhi); Sher Singh v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi; \[name withheld\] 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Delhi High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Crl. A. Nos. 54/2004, 81/2004 & 198/2004 (against trial judgment 06-01-2004)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2018-01-03', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Crl. A. Nos. 54/2004, 81/2004 & 198/2004 (against trial judgment 06-01-2004)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/43971311/', '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:** Convictions of constable (s.302) and SI (s.304-II) upheld; SHO acquitted on charge defect — operative conclusion verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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