# Jamjodhpur Police Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS) and others vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 January 2024 in R/Criminal Appeal Nos. 1472, 1276, 1343 and 1492 of 2019 with R/Criminal Appeal No. 1920 of 2019 (State), the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Ashutosh Shastri, Sandeep N. Bhatt, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 7 police personnel, namely: Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS), Jamnagar; Police Constable, Jamjodhpur; Police officer; Police Sub-Inspector, Dhrafa; Police personnel; Police personnel; Police Constable, Jamjodhpur.

- Register number: GJ 10 CW 0004
- Case reference: R/Criminal Appeal Nos. 1472, 1276, 1343 and 1492 of 2019 with R/Criminal Appeal No. 1920 of 2019 (State)
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Ashutosh Shastri, Sandeep N. Bhatt, JJ.), 9 January 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS), Jamnagar; Police Constable, Jamjodhpur; Police officer; Police Sub-Inspector, Dhrafa; Police personnel; Police personnel; Police Constable, Jamjodhpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506(1) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We are of the view that prosecution has proved case against respective accused / convicts and hence, no interference is required in the impugned judgment and order passed by the Ld. Trail Court.” (at para 24)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- Present status of the proceedings: Supreme Court of India, 29 April 2025: appeal pending.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/136686420/); [Supreme Court of India order](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-issues-notice-on-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatts-appeal-challenging-conviction-life-term-in-custodial-death-case-267748); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0001)

**Record:** CW-2024-0001 (compiler id CWC-0149); case GUJARA-002
**Title:** Jamjodhpur Police Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS) and others vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Ashutosh Shastri; Sandeep N. Bhatt
**Case number / citation:** R/Criminal Appeal Nos. 1472, 1276, 1343 and 1492 of 2019 with R/Criminal Appeal No. 1920 of 2019 (State)
**Judgment:** 2024-01-09 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-10-30 (1990)
**Place:** Jamnagar, Gujarat; city town: Jamjodhpur; police station or unit: Jamjodhpur Police Station, Jamnagar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 34; IPC 114; IPC 323; IPC 506(1)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS), Jamnagar; Police Constable, Jamjodhpur; Police officer; Police Sub-Inspector, Dhrafa; Police personnel; Police personnel; Police Constable, Jamjodhpur (7 in record)
**Victims:** Jamjodhpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. consider replacing victim name with role noun per R43. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We are of the view that prosecution has proved case against respective accused / convicts and hence, no interference is required in the impugned judgment and order passed by the Ld. Trail Court.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/136686420/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/gujarat-high-court-dismisses-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-appeal-conviction-life-term-1990-custodial-death-case-246264)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** Jamjodhpur Police Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS) 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 Appeal Nos. 1472, 1276, 1343 and 1492 of 2019 with R/Criminal Appeal No. 1920 of 2019 (State)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2024-01-09', '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 Appeal Nos. 1472, 1276, 1343 and 1492 of 2019 with R/Criminal Appeal No. 1920 of 2019 (State)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2025-04-29', 'action_type': 'Appeal pending', 'status': 'Pending', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': "As of 29 April 2025, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\] \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\]); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.", 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Appeal pending', 'source': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-issues-notice-on-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatts-appeal-challenging-conviction-life-term-in-custodial-death-case-267748', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**later proceedings:** {'court': 'Supreme Court of India', 'date': '2025-04-29', 'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-issues-notice-on-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatts-appeal-challenging-conviction-life-term-in-custodial-death-case-267748', 'outcome': 'pending_appeal'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/136686420/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/gujarat-high-court-dismisses-ex-ips-officer-sanjiv-bhatt-appeal-conviction-life-term-1990-custodial-death-case-246264', '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:** HC dismissed all convict appeals (life for Bhatt/Zala confirmed) and dismissed State appeal vs partial acquittals.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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