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

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/143368892/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0050)

**Record:** CW-2023-0050 (compiler id CWC-0803); case GAP2-24-001
**Title:** Bhesan Police Police Sub-Inspector and others vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Hasmukh D. Suthar
**Case number / citation:** R/Criminal Revision Application No. 166 of 2022
**Judgment:** 2023-08-28 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-02-14 (2004)
**Place:** Junagadh, Gujarat; city town: Bhesan; police station or unit: Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 323; IPC 325
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh; Police personnel, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh; Police personnel, Bhesan Police Station, Junagadh (3 in record)
**Victims:** Bhesan man; Bhesan man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 3 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

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.

> 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 to conduct their procession in public place are all execrable acts not connected with their official duty.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/143368892/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/64f4c34405580264ab46888d)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 8.1
**display title redacted:** Bhesan Police Police Sub-Inspector and others vs State of Gujarat
**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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'R/Criminal Revision Application No. 166 of 2022', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2023-08-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'R/Criminal Revision Application No. 166 of 2022', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/143368892/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/64f4c34405580264ab46888d', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** Revision dismissed; 3 policemen's conviction for 2004 lock-up assault confirmed; surrender within 15 days.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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