CW-2023-0050Junagadh, GujaratJudgment 28 August 2023

Bhesan Police Police Sub-Inspector and others vs State of Gujarat

The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. replace 'complainant [name withheld] and his uncle' with 'the complainant and his uncle'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 28 August 2023 in R/Criminal Revision Application No. 166 of 2022, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Hasmukh D. Suthar, J.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh; Police personnel, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh; Police personnel, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh.

Register number
GJ 11 CW 0001
Case reference
R/Criminal Revision Application No. 166 of 2022
Court and date
Gujarat High Court (Coram: Hasmukh D. Suthar, J.), 28 August 2023
Officer(s) at the material time
Police Sub-Inspector, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh; Police personnel, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh; Police personnel, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 325 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“But in the present case, it is true that the accused persons were on duty but the acts of the accused persons to tonsure head, blacken the face and made to touch the toes of the complainant and victim and …” (at para 8.1)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 3 years.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Gujarat High Court judgment dated 28 August 2023 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

1
Custodial torturePrimary
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.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“But in the present case, it is true that the accused persons were on duty but the acts of the accused persons to tonsure head, blacken the face and made to touch the toes of the complainant and victim and …” (para 8.1)

Institutional response

2
Date not established

Conviction

Concluded
Trial court (as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment) External · Binding

The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment.

Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: R/Criminal Revision Application No. 166 of 2022
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28 Aug 2023

Order issued

Concluded
Gujarat High Court External · Binding

The Gujarat High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.

Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: R/Criminal Revision Application No. 166 of 2022
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Follow-up history

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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))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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