CBI v. Mumbai Police Police Sub-Inspector (then PSI)
The CBI Court, Mumbai convicted then-PSI [name withheld] and then-Head Constable of Ghatkopar police station for the September 2009 custodial death of a Mumbai man, sentencing each to 7 years' imprisonment with fine. The CBI registered the case in November 2009 on Bombay High Court and Supreme Court orders and chargesheeted three policemen in December 2010 (the third, Police Naik, died during trial). Press reports [name withheld] the court acquitted both of murder but convicted them of causing hurt to extract confession, wrongful confinement and conspiracy.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 7 October 2025, the Special CBI Court, Mumbai convicted 2 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector (then PSI), Ghatkopar Police Station, Mumbai Police; Head Constable (then HC), Ghatkopar Police Station, Mumbai Police.
- Register number
- MH 01 CW 0049
- Case reference
- CBI v. Mumbai Police Police Sub-Inspector (then PSI)
- Court and date
- The Special CBI Court, Mumbai, 7 October 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Sub-Inspector (then PSI), Ghatkopar Police Station, Mumbai Police; Head Constable (then HC), Ghatkopar Police Station, Mumbai Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “death was natural and not homicidal”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Imprisonment 7 years + fine Rs 1,00,000 each (per CBI PR; some press reports state Rs 62,000 each with Rs 1 lakh to the victim's mother)
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special CBI Court, Mumbai convicted the accused police personnel on 7 October 2025. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Imprisonment 7 years + fine Rs 1,00,000 each (per CBI PR; some press reports state Rs 62,000 each with Rs 1 lakh to the victim's mother)
Sections: IPC 330; IPC 342; IPC 120B
Appeal status
No appeal known.