Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 2024 INSC 734
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CW-2024-0017Gondia, MaharashtraJudgment 25 September 2024
Gondia Police Police Constable and others v. State of Maharashtra
The Supreme Court (2-judge bench, split verdict) confirmed the finding of custodial torture of a Gondia man @ a Gondia man and upheld the conviction and sentence of four Gondia City policemen (A2 [name withheld], A4 [name withheld], A3 [name withheld], A5 [name withheld]) under Sections 330, 348 and 387 read with 34 IPC (one year rigorous imprisonment plus Rs 1,000 fine on each count). The majority (Ravikumar J.) acquitted them of Sections 304 Part II, 331, 201, 202, 203 and 218 IPC for want of proof of homicidal death, holding the recovered burnt body was never proved to be a Gondia man's and the fingerprint identification was guesswork. Sanjay Kumar J. dissented, holding the policemen staged a false escape drama and concocted records, and voted to maintain all convictions and dismiss all appeals; A1 [name withheld]'s appeal was held abated on his death (dissent noted no record of death).
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Report card
By judgment dated 25 September 2024 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1614-1618 of 2012, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: C. T. Ravikumar, Sanjay Kumar, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 7 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Gondia City Police Station; Head Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station.
- Register number
- MH 35 CW 0006
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal Nos. 1614-1618 of 2012 / 2024 INSC 734
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: C. T. Ravikumar, Sanjay Kumar, JJ.), 25 September 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Gondia City Police Station; Head Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 387 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In view of confirmation of the finding on custodial torture their conviction and consequential sentence under Section 330, 348 and 387 read with Section 34, IPC is to be confirmed.” (at para 50)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- Present status of the proceedings
- Supreme Court of India, 25 September 2024: appeal pending.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 25 September 2024 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial deathPrimary
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.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“In view of confirmation of the finding on custodial torture their conviction and consequential sentence under Section 330, 348 and 387 read with Section 34, IPC is to be confirmed.” (para 50)
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Institutional response
25 Sep 2024
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: 2024 INSC 734
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25 Sep 2024
Appeal pending
PendingAs of 25 September 2024, 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]); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.
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Follow-up history
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.