31 Oct 2018
Order issued
ConcludedThe Delhi High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 2018 SCC OnLine Del 12153
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CW-2018-0016Meerut, Uttar PradeshJudgment 31 October 2018
Hashimpura, Meerut Man & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
The Delhi High Court reversed the 2015 Tis Hazari acquittals and convicted 16 UP Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel of murder and conspiracy for the Hashimpura massacre of 22 May 1987, sentencing each to life imprisonment. The Court found that about 42 Muslim men rounded up at Hashimpura, Meerut, during communal riots were trucked to the Gangnahar canal, shot dead, and their bodies dumped. It termed the massacre a targeted killing of unarmed and defenceless people by the police, relying on survivor testimony and PAC records after the case was transferred to Delhi. Appeals against the convictions are pending before the Supreme Court, which has granted bail to some convicts.
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By judgment dated 31 October 2018 in Crl.A. 574/2015 and connected appeals, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, Vinod Goel, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 16 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary.
- Register number
- UP 15 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Crl.A. 574/2015 and connected appeals / 2018 SCC OnLine Del 12153
- Court and date
- Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, Vinod Goel, JJ.), 31 October 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary; Police personnel, Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The evidence also clearly establishes the prior meeting of minds of the accused and their careful planning in executing the killings of the victims. Their guilt for the offence of criminal conspiracy punishable under Section 120-B IPC, and pursuant thereto …” (at para 72)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment.
- Present status of the proceedings
- Supreme Court of India, 6 December 2024: appeal pending.
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Current position
The Delhi High Court judgment dated 31 October 2018 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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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.
“The evidence also clearly establishes the prior meeting of minds of the accused and their careful planning in executing the killings of the victims. Their guilt for the offence of criminal conspiracy punishable under Section 120-B IPC, and pursuant thereto …” (para 72)
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Institutional response
6 Dec 2024
Appeal pending
PendingAs of 6 December 2024, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.
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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))
25 Sep 2026
(Official source added: Delhi High Court judgment (Indian Kanoon), matched on parties, court, 31 October 2018 decision date, Crl.A. 574/2015 and the life sentences of the 16 accused.)
25 Sep 2026
(Title corrected: the appellants were survivors and victims' families appealing the 2015 acquittals, not police personnel; their names are withheld.)
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.