State v. Nagpur Police Police Inspector and others
In Sessions Case No.416/1993 the Sessions Court on 22 September 1995 convicted all ten Deolapar (Nagpur) police personnel — PI [name withheld], API [name withheld], SI and seven constables — for tying theft suspect [name withheld] to an electric pole and beating him on 23-24 June 1993, after which he was found dead in the lock-up; all were sentenced to 3 years RI under IPC s.330/34 (plus terms under ss.354/355/342) and acquitted of murder. The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) on 13 December 2007 upheld the s.330 conviction of A-1 to A-9 while acquitting A-10 Raghunath Bhakte; the Supreme Court on 4 September 2018 (A-1 having died, appeal abated) upheld the eight convictions and enhanced the s.330 sentence to 7 years RI.
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 22 September 1995, the Sessions Court, Nagpur (Sessions Case No. 416 of 1993) convicted 10 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Assistant Police Inspector, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Sub-Inspector, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur.
- Register number
- MH 31 CW 0005
- Case reference
- Sessions Case No. 416 of 1993; reported in the judgment of the Court of II Additional Sessions Judge, Nagpur
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Nagpur (Sessions Case No. 416 of 1993), 22 September 1995
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Inspector, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Assistant Police Inspector, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Sub-Inspector, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur; Police Constable, Deolapar Police Station, Nagpur
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Be you ever so high, the law is always above you!”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 yrs RI + Rs.500 fine (s.330); 6 mo RI + Rs.300 (s.354); 3 yrs RI + Rs.300 (s.355); 3 yrs RI + Rs.300 (s.342); concurrent; acquitted u/s 302
- 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, Nagpur (Sessions Case No. 416 of 1993) convicted the accused police personnel on 22 September 1995. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 yrs RI + Rs.500 fine (s.330); 6 mo RI + Rs.300 (s.354); 3 yrs RI + Rs.300 (s.355); 3 yrs RI + Rs.300 (s.342); concurrent; acquitted u/s 302
Sections: IPC 330 r/w IPC 34
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text