# UP Police Sub-Inspector vs State of U.P. and connected appeals (UP Police personnel vs State)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 June 2023 in CRL.A. 488/2019, 499/2019, 537/2019, 622/2019, 624/2019, 1023/2019, 1025/2019, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Mukta Gupta, Anish Dayal, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 5 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, SOG Noida; Sub-Inspector, SOG Noida; Constable, SOG Noida; Constable, UP Police; Constable, UP Police.

- Register number: UP 16 CW 0007
- Case reference: CRL.A. 488/2019, 499/2019, 537/2019, 622/2019, 624/2019, 1023/2019, 1025/2019 / 2023:DHC:4293
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Mukta Gupta, Anish Dayal, JJ.), 26 June 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, SOG Noida; Sub-Inspector, SOG Noida; Constable, SOG Noida; Constable, UP Police; Constable, UP Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 Part I of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 220 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 167 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Ld. Trial Court has rightly convicted the said accused for the offences and the appeals by the accused viz. CRL.A. 488/2019, CRL.A. 499/2019, CRL.A. 537/2019, CRL.A. 622/2019 and CRL.A. 624/2019 are, therefore, dismissed and the conviction and sentence awarded …” (at para 12(a))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 10 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/142461883/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0016)

**Record:** CW-2023-0016 (compiler id CWC-0446); case SWENFORC-001
**Title:** UP Police Sub-Inspector vs State of U.P. and connected appeals (UP Police personnel vs State)
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Mukta Gupta; Anish Dayal
**Case number / citation:** CRL.A. 488/2019, 499/2019, 537/2019, 622/2019, 624/2019, 1023/2019, 1025/2019 / 2023:DHC:4293
**Judgment:** 2023-06-26 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-09-01 (2006)
**Place:** Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Noida; police station or unit: PS Sector-39/Sector-20 Noida; SOG Noida; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part I; IPC 365; IPC 220; IPC 167; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, SOG Noida; Sub-Inspector, SOG Noida; Constable, SOG Noida; Constable, UP Police; Constable, UP Police (6 in record)
**Victims:** Noida man, age 26 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 10 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. On 1 September 2006 Noida police in civil dress took 26-year-old a Noida man @ a Noida man from his house without justification to Chowki Nithari in connection with a robbery case; he died in the PS Sector-20 lock-up and police claimed suicide by hanging. The trial, transferred to Delhi by the Supreme Court, ended in March 2019 with the conviction of six UP policemen: the Inspector got 3 years RI under Section 365/34 IPC, and two Sub-Inspectors and three constables got 10 years RI under Section 304/34 plus sentences under Sections 220, 365 and 167 IPC, concurrent. The Delhi High Court rejected the suicide theory, held the shirt-noose and GD entries inconclusive or manipulated, and applied the Section 106 Evidence Act presumption on facts within the special knowledge of the police. It dismissed all convict appeals and the complainant's plea for Section 302 enhancement, also upholding the acquittal of SI. Subcategory corrected from enforced_disappearance to custodial_death as the gravamen is death in custody with 10-year s.304 sentences; the s.365 abduction convictions are retained in the sections. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The Ld. Trial Court has rightly convicted the said accused for the offences and the appeals by the accused viz. CRL.A. 488/2019, CRL.A. 499/2019, CRL.A. 537/2019, CRL.A. 622/2019 and CRL.A. 624/2019 are, therefore, dismissed and the conviction and sentence awarded by the learned trial court are upheld;

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/142461883/); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/police-responsible-abduction-illegal-detention-death-conviction-police-officers-custodial-death-1482762); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-upholds-conviction-10-yrs-sentence-of-five-uttar-pradesh-cops-custodial-torture-26-yr-old-231352)
**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:** 12(a)
**display title redacted:** UP Police Sub-Inspector vs State of U.P. and connected appeals (UP Police personnel vs 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': '2023:DHC:4293', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2023-06-26', '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': '2023:DHC:4293', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/142461883/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/police-responsible-abduction-illegal-detention-death-conviction-police-officers-custodial-death-1482762', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-upholds-conviction-10-yrs-sentence-of-five-uttar-pradesh-cops-custodial-torture-26-yr-old-231352', '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 6 UP policemen upheld (ss.304/220/365/167); all appeals dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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