# Meerut Police PAC personnel & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.; Meerut Man & Anr. v. State of UP

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 October 2018 in Crl.A. Nos. 574, 629 & 884/2015, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, Vinod Goel, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the PAC personnel, C-Company, 41st Battalion, UP PAC.

- Register number: UP 15 CW 0003
- Case reference: Crl.A. Nos. 574, 629 & 884/2015 / 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: PAC personnel, C-Company, 41st Battalion, UP PAC
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We hold that this was targeted killing by armed forces of the unarmed, innocent and defenceless members of a particular community.” (at para 1.8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment.
- 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/113980221/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0029)

**Record:** CW-2018-0029 (compiler id CWC-0939); case SWOTHERM-004
**Title:** Meerut Police PAC personnel & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.; Meerut Man & Anr. v. State of UP
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: S. Muralidhar; Vinod Goel
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. Nos. 574, 629 & 884/2015 / 2018 SCC OnLine Del 12153
**Judgment:** 2018-10-31 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1987-05-22 (1987)
**Place:** Meerut, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Meerut; police station or unit: C-Company, 41st Battalion, UP PAC; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 120B; IPC 302; IPC 364; IPC 307; IPC 201
**Officers (gated display forms):** PAC personnel, C-Company, 41st Battalion, UP PAC (16 in record)
**Victims:** Meerut man; Meerut man (42 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Delhi High Court reversed the Tis Hazari acquittal and convicted 16 UP PAC men for the Hashimpura massacre of 22 May 1987, when C-Company jawans rounded up 42-45 Muslim men of Meerut, shot about 38 in batches at Gang nahar and Hindon canal and dumped the bodies in the water. Charge-sheeted only in 1996 with trial transferred to Delhi, all had been acquitted in 2015 for want of identification; on appeal with NHRC-intervenor additional evidence, the High Court held it targeted killing of unarmed defenceless persons. Each was sentenced to life (remainder of natural life) under Section 302/120B plus concurrent terms for conspiracy, kidnapping, attempt to murder and destruction of evidence, and ordered to surrender by 22 November 2018. State corrected to Uttar Pradesh (incident site; trial in Delhi). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We hold that this was targeted killing by armed forces of the unarmed, innocent and defenceless members of a particular community.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/113980221/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/breaking-delhi-hc-reverses-acquittal-of-16-policemen-in-hashimpura-massacre-case-sentences-all-to-life-imprisonment)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 1.8
**display title redacted:** Meerut Police PAC personnel & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.; Meerut Man & Anr. v. State of UP
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2018-10-31', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2018 SCC OnLine Del 12153', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/113980221/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/breaking-delhi-hc-reverses-acquittal-of-16-policemen-in-hashimpura-massacre-case-sentences-all-to-life-imprisonment', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**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:** HC reversed acquittal; convicted 16 PAC men for Hashimpura massacre (life).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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