# State v. Nagpur Police Police Inspector and others

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Trial-court conviction (Sessions Court, Nagpur (Sessions Case No. 416 of 1993); Sessions Court). Convicted 22 September 1995. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

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.

## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29693305/); [Appellate judgment](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29693305/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-03-007)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: custodial death
- Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Officers: 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
- 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
- Verification: V1 · Trial court