State (SIT) v. Mumbai Police Inspector and others
The Mumbai Sessions Court on 5 July 2013 delivered the first-ever conviction of policemen in a fake encounter, holding 21 accused including 13 Mumbai policemen guilty for abducting Vashi resident [name withheld] and killing him in a staged shooting at Versova on 11 November 2006; three officers were convicted of murder and 18 accused of abetting, all sentenced to life on 12 July 2013. On 19 March 2024 the Bombay High Court (Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Gauri Godse) upheld life terms for 12 policemen and one civilian, acquitted six civilians, and reversed the trial acquittal of encounter specialist [name withheld], sentencing him to life, calling the trial acquittal perverse. (A 13th convicted policeman died post-conviction and proceedings abated; His SLP was admitted by the Supreme Court with interim no-surrender relief.)
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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- Register number
- MH 01 CW 0013
- Case reference
- State (SIT) v. Mumbai Police Inspector and others
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Mumbai (Sessions Judge V.D. Jadhwar), 5 July 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector, Mumbai Police; Inspector, Mumbai Police; Constable, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police; rank not stated in report, Mumbai Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Abetment/conspiracy charges (remaining convicts; exact sections not stated in accessed reports)
- Facts in brief
- The Mumbai Sessions Court on 5 July 2013 delivered the first-ever conviction of policemen in a fake encounter, holding 21 accused including 13 Mumbai policemen guilty for abducting Vashi resident [name withheld] and killing him in a staged shooting at Versova on 11 November 2006; three officers were convicted of murder and 18 accused of abetting, all sentenced to life on 12 July 2013. On 19 March 2024 the Bombay High Court (Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Gauri Godse) upheld life terms for 12 policemen and one civilian, acquitted six civilians, and reversed the trial acquittal of encounter specialist [name withheld], sentencing him to life, calling the trial acquittal perverse. (A 13th convicted policeman died post-conviction and proceedings abated; His SLP was admitted by the Supreme Court with interim no-surrender relief.)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment to all 21 convicts (awarded 12 July 2013), including 13 policemen; prime accused Sr Inspector acquitted by trial court
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Sessions Court, Mumbai (Sessions Judge V.D. Jadhwar) convicted the accused police personnel on 5 July 2013. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Life imprisonment to all 21 convicts (awarded 12 July 2013), including 13 policemen; prime accused Sr Inspector acquitted by trial court
Sections: IPC 302; Abetment/conspiracy charges (remaining convicts; exact sections not stated in accessed reports)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text