# CBI v. Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and others

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Trial-court conviction (Additional Sessions Judge-FTC (Central) Ms. Kaveri Baweja, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi; Sessions Court). Convicted 9 August 2012. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

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.

## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/155626869/); [Appellate judgment](https://www.livelaw.in/delhi-hc-upholds-conviction-of-police-officers-in-a-19-year-old-custodial-death-case/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2-16-008)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: custodial death
- Location: West Delhi, Delhi
- Officers: Sub-Inspector, PS Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, PS Patel Nagar, Delhi Police
- 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
- Verification: V1 · Trial court