# Yashwant Mukaji Karade & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 September 2018 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 385-388 of 2008, 299 of 2008 with 182-187 of 2009, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 9 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Crime Branch Nagpur / PS Deolapar; Yashwant Mukaji Karade (Assistant Police Inspector); Rambhau Vitthalrao Kadu (Sub-Inspector); Jahiruddin Bashirmiya Deshmukh (Police Constable); Nilkanth Pandurang Chaurpagar (Police Constable); Namdeo Nathuji Ganeshkar (Police Constable); Ramesh Tukaram Bhoyar (Police Constable); Ashok Bhawani Gulam Shukla (Police Constable); Sudhakar Marotrao Thakre (Police Constable).

- Register number: MH 31 CW 0013
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 385-388 of 2008, 299 of 2008 with 182-187 of 2009
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, JJ.), 4 September 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector, Crime Branch Nagpur / PS Deolapar; Yashwant Mukaji Karade (Assistant Police Inspector); Rambhau Vitthalrao Kadu (Sub-Inspector); Jahiruddin Bashirmiya Deshmukh (Police Constable); Nilkanth Pandurang Chaurpagar (Police Constable); Namdeo Nathuji Ganeshkar (Police Constable); Ramesh Tukaram Bhoyar (Police Constable); Ashok Bhawani Gulam Shukla (Police Constable); Sudhakar Marotrao Thakre (Police Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We deem it appropriate to increase the term of sentence to maximum imposable period under Section 330 of IPC i.e., seven years of rigorous imprisonment” (at para 34)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 7 years.
- 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/29693305/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0011)

**Record:** CW-2018-0011 (compiler id CWC-0240); case SWCUSTOD-010
**Title:** Yashwant Mukaji Karade & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: N.V. Ramana; Mohan M. Shantanagoudar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 385-388 of 2008, 299 of 2008 with 182-187 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2018-09-04 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-06-23 (1993)
**Place:** Nagpur, Maharashtra; city town: Nagpur; police station or unit: Crime Branch Nagpur / PS Deolapar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 330
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Crime Branch Nagpur / PS Deolapar; Yashwant Mukaji Karade (Assistant Police Inspector); Rambhau Vitthalrao Kadu (Sub-Inspector); Jahiruddin Bashirmiya Deshmukh (Police Constable); Nilkanth Pandurang Chaurpagar (Police Constable); Namdeo Nathuji Ganeshkar (Police Constable); Ramesh Tukaram Bhoyar (Police Constable); Ashok Bhawani Gulam Shukla (Police Constable); Sudhakar Marotrao Thakre (Police Constable) (9 in record)
**Victims:** Nagpur man, age 42 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 7 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

On the night of 23/24 June 1993 Nagpur policemen dragged Joinus Yellamati from his home at about 1 AM without registering any offence, beat him at multiple locations to extract a confession, and locked him up; he was found dead in the morning. The trial court convicted ten policemen and the High Court sustained only the Section 330 IPC convictions. The Supreme Court dismissed the policemen's appeals, holding the late-night picking-up and torture violated basic constitutional rights, and enhanced the Section 330 sentence from three years to the seven-year maximum for deterrence. The eight surviving convicts were ordered to surrender forthwith to serve the enhanced terms. Accused A-1 \[name withheld\] died after filing the appeal, so his name was struck off and the conviction against him abated; the officer list records the trial conviction, not a subsisting one. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We deem it appropriate to increase the term of sentence to maximum imposable period under Section 330 of IPC i.e., seven years of rigorous imprisonment

**Sources (4):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29693305/); [indialegallive.com](https://indialegallive.com/constitutional-law-news/supreme-court-news/sc-ups-sentence-for-maharashtra-cops-from-3-to-7-years-in-custodial-death-case/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5b8eba5b9eff430c43a25751); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/sc-stresses-on-need-to-develop-and-recognize-democratic-policing-concept-enhances-punishment-to-cops-involved-in-custodial-torture-case-read-judgment)
**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:** 34
**display title redacted:** Yashwant Mukaji Karade & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**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. 385-388 of 2008, 299 of 2008 with 182-187 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2018-09-04', '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. 385-388 of 2008, 299 of 2008 with 182-187 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29693305/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indialegallive.com/constitutional-law-news/supreme-court-news/sc-ups-sentence-for-maharashtra-cops-from-3-to-7-years-in-custodial-death-case/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5b8eba5b9eff430c43a25751', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/sc-stresses-on-need-to-develop-and-recognize-democratic-policing-concept-enhances-punishment-to-cops-involved-in-custodial-torture-case-read-judgment', '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:** ACCEPT: SC judgment verified via India Legal, LatestLY and casemine reports; Section 330 IPC convictions of Nagpur policemen upheld and sentence enhanced from 3 to 7 years RI; A-1 \[name withheld\] appeal abated (died); A-10 acquittal undisturbed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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