Detailed record
Report card
By judgment dated 28 September 2026 in R/Special Criminal Application (Direction) No. 9593 of 2024, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: M. K. Thakker, J.) adjudicated the matter concerning the Officer-in-charge, Pradhyumannagar Police Station, Rajkot.
- Register number
- GJ 03 CW 0005
- Case reference
- R/Special Criminal Application (Direction) No. 9593 of 2024
- Court and date
- Gujarat High Court (Coram: M. K. Thakker, J.), 28 September 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Officer-in-charge, Pradhyumannagar Police Station, Rajkot
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section of Criminal Procedure, 1973 of the Section 154 of the Code; Section of Criminal Procedure, 1973 of the Section 176 of the Code; Article 226 of the Constitution of India of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “instead of taking appropriate action, either by registering an FIR or by treating the same as a private complaint, the said complaint was made a part of the inquiry conducted under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Adverse finding.
- Present status of the proceedings
- The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
Judgment dated 28 September 2026. This judgment may still be subject to appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
1
OtherPrimary
Court finding
A court has made a finding on this allegation.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“instead of taking appropriate action, either by registering an FIR or by treating the same as a private complaint, the said complaint was made a part of the inquiry conducted under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure” (para 12)
Separate from verification
Institutional response
1
28 Sep 2026
Order issued
ConcludedHigh Court of Gujarat External · Binding
The High Court held the police had not registered an FIR on the family's complaint about a death in CBI custody and had folded it into the Section 176 inquiry; it directed an FIR against an unknown person and investigation under the supervision of the DIG, CID Crime, with a report in three months.
Adverse finding (failure to register FIR in a custodial death) · FIR and supervised investigation directed · no compensation.
Source: R/SCR.A/9593/2024
Not yet re-checked.
Continuing record
Follow-up history
1
5 Oct 2026 (Copwatch convictions sweep (5 Oct): record written from the judgment text on Indian Kanoon; quote checked verbatim; no personal finding against any officer is claimed.)
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.