CBI v. Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and others
ASJ-FTC (Central) Tis Hazari on 9 August 2012 convicted Patel Nagar Sub-Inspectors and Inder Rana for the custodial torture-murder of a West Delhi man: on the night of 22 August 1986 they picked up complainant [name withheld] and his uncle a West Delhi man, beat both with saria, danda and roller at the police station (after an alleged illegal demand of Rs 10,000), and a West Delhi man died the next morning, with the death first passed off as drug-related. Both were sentenced to 10 years RI under sections 323/342/304/34 IPC. In December 2015 Justice Indermeet Kaur of the Delhi High Court upheld the two SIs' conviction and 10-year sentences (relying on PW-9's un-cross-examined testimony), while acquitting Constable and the convicted doctor.
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 9 August 2012, the Additional Sessions Judge-FTC (Central) Ms. Kaveri Baweja, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi convicted 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, PS Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, PS Patel Nagar, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 04 CW 0014
- Case reference
- Sessions Case No. 51/09 (RC 16(S)/88, PS Patel Nagar); reported in the judgment of the Additional Sessions Judge-FTC (Central), Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi
- Court and date
- The Additional Sessions Judge-FTC (Central) Ms. Kaveri Baweja, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, 9 August 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector, PS Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, PS Patel Nagar, Delhi Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “This is a case of police torture and death of an innocent man while in police custody.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 10 years rigorous imprisonment each (trial court); co-accused [name withheld] died during trial (abated); convictions of [name withheld] and a doctor (u/s 218 IPC, false report) set aside by HC
- 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.
Additional Sessions Judge-FTC (Central) Ms. Kaveri Baweja, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi convicted the accused police personnel on 9 August 2012. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 10 years rigorous imprisonment each (trial court); co-accused [name withheld] died during trial (abated); convictions of [name withheld] and a doctor (u/s 218 IPC, false report) set aside by HC
Sections: IPC 323; IPC 342; IPC 304 Part II; IPC 34; IPC 218; IPC 109
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text