State v. Delhi Police Sub-Inspector
ASJ Karkardooma on 27 January 2001 convicted eight Delhi Police Special Staff (NE) men for raiding a North East Delhi man's Dilshad Garden house on the night of 30/31 July 1995, abducting him to the Special Staff office for interrogation, and torturing him in custody till 31 July evening; he died of the injuries on 8 August 1995. Each got life plus two 5-year terms. On 14 December 2017 the Delhi High Court (Justices S. Muralidhar and I.S. Mehta, Crl.A.74/2001 & connected) converted the six surviving appellants' murder convictions to section 304-II (fatal injury not attributable to any one accused) with 8 years RI each, declining to interfere otherwise and cancelling bail for surrender. (A-1 SI and [name withheld] died; appeals abated/expired.)
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 27 January 2001, the Additional Sessions Judge, Karkardooma, Delhi convicted 8 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Delhi Police (rank not stated in judgment), Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Head Constable, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Delhi Police (rank not stated in judgment), Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Delhi Police (rank not stated in judgment), Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Constable, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Head Constable, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 05 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Sessions Case No. 50 of 2000 (FIR 231/1995, PS Welcome)
- Court and date
- The Additional Sessions Judge, Karkardooma, Delhi, 27 January 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Delhi Police (rank not stated in judgment), Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Head Constable, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Delhi Police (rank not stated in judgment), Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Delhi Police (rank not stated in judgment), Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Constable, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police; Head Constable, Special Staff (North-East), Delhi Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 452 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Facts in brief
- ASJ Karkardooma on 27 January 2001 convicted eight Delhi Police Special Staff (NE) men for raiding a North East Delhi man's Dilshad Garden house on the night of 30/31 July 1995, abducting him to the Special Staff office for interrogation, and torturing him in custody till 31 July evening; he died of the injuries on 8 August 1995. Each got life plus two 5-year terms. On 14 December 2017 the Delhi High Court (Justices S. Muralidhar and I.S. Mehta, Crl.A.74/2001 & connected) converted the six surviving appellants' murder convictions to section 304-II (fatal injury not attributable to any one accused) with 8 years RI each, declining to interfere otherwise and cancelling bail for surrender. (A-1 SI and [name withheld] died; appeals abated/expired.)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Trial court (order 30 Jan 2001): life RI each (302/34) + 5 yr RI (452/34) + 5 yr RI (365/34) + fines; [name withheld] acquitted separately (18 Oct 2000)
- 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, Karkardooma, Delhi convicted the accused police personnel on 27 January 2001. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Trial court (order 30 Jan 2001): life RI each (302/34) + 5 yr RI (452/34) + 5 yr RI (365/34) + fines; [name withheld] acquitted separately (18 Oct 2000)
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 34; IPC 452; IPC 365
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text