# Mulmula Police Station House Officer and others vs State of Chhattisgarh (Mulmula Police personnel vs State of Chhattisgarh)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 July 2025 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 611/2019, 705/2019, 681/2019, 609/2019 with Acquittal Appeal No. 676/2019, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Sanjay K. Agrawal, Deepak Kumar Tiwari, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Constable, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Constable, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Sainik, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa.

- Register number: CG 11 CW 0004
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 611/2019, 705/2019, 681/2019, 609/2019 with Acquittal Appeal No. 676/2019 / 2025:CGHC:34873-DB
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Sanjay K. Agrawal, Deepak Kumar Tiwari, JJ.), 22 July 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Constable, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Constable, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Sainik, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “उन्हें दिया गया आजीवन कारावास का दंडादेश अपास्त किया जाता है और इस परिवर्तित दोषसिद्धि के लिए उन्हें दस वर्ष के कठोर कारावास से दंडादिष्ट किया जाता है।” (at para 35)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 10 years.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://highcourt.cg.gov.in/hcbspjudgement/judgements_web_hindi/CRA611_19(22.07.25).pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0032)

**Record:** CW-2025-0032 (compiler id CWC-0669); case GAP12-004
**Title:** Mulmula Police Station House Officer and others vs State of Chhattisgarh (Mulmula Police personnel vs State of Chhattisgarh)
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: Sanjay K. Agrawal; Deepak Kumar Tiwari
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 611/2019, 705/2019, 681/2019, 609/2019 with Acquittal Appeal No. 676/2019 / 2025:CGHC:34873-DB
**Judgment:** 2025-07-22 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2016-09-17 (2016)
**Place:** Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh; city town: Mulmula; police station or unit: Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304 Part II; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Constable, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Constable, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa; Sainik, Mulmula Police Station, Janjgir-Champa (4 in record)
**Victims:** Mulmula man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 10 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Replace 'merciless beating' with attributed wording; replace tagline with defence (mob assault, expert doubt, para 9+) and its rejection. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> उन्हें दिया गया आजीवन कारावास का दंडादेश अपास्त किया जाता है और इस परिवर्तित दोषसिद्धि के लिए उन्हें दस वर्ष के कठोर कारावास से दंडादिष्ट किया जाता है।

**Sources (2):** [highcourt.cg.gov.in](https://highcourt.cg.gov.in/hcbspjudgement/judgements_web_hindi/CRA611_19(22.07.25).pdf); [24law.in](https://24law.in/story/cruel-police-torture-led-to-custodial-death-chhattisgarh-high-court-calls-it-an-intolerable-betrayal)
**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:** 35
**display title redacted:** Mulmula Police Station House Officer and others vs State of Chhattisgarh (Mulmula Police personnel vs State of Chhattisgarh)
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Chhattisgarh High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Chhattisgarh High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2025:CGHC:34873-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2025-07-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Chhattisgarh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2025:CGHC:34873-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://highcourt.cg.gov.in/hcbspjudgement/judgements_web_hindi/CRA611_19(22.07.25).pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://24law.in/story/cruel-police-torture-led-to-custodial-death-chhattisgarh-high-court-calls-it-an-intolerable-betrayal', '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:** DB Hindi judgment PDF verified; 302/34 altered to 304-II/34, 10 years RI each for 4 policemen.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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