State vs Gujarat Police Police officer (rank not stated) and others
Three Gujarat police officers including [name withheld] were convicted on 7 March 2024 by the 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Mehsana in Special Atrocity Case No.4/2020 and sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment under IPC ss.302/114 and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for beating to death an [name withheld] arrested by Naroda Police Station on 12-02-2020 who died in custody the next day after escaping a Zonal Safety Home. The Gujarat High Court (Justices Ilesh Vora & S.V. Pinto) suspended the sentence and granted regular bail on 3 December 2024 (2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 199) during pendency of Criminal Appeal No.2152/2024.
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 7 March 2024, the 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Mehsana (Special Atrocity Case No.4 of 2020) convicted 3 police personnel, namely: Police officer (rank not stated), Gujarat Police; Police officer (rank not stated), Gujarat Police; Police officer (rank not stated), Gujarat Police.
- Register number
- GJ 02 CW 0005
- Case reference
- Criminal Misc. Application (for suspension of sentence) No. 2 of 2024 in R/Criminal Appeal No. 2152 of 2024; reported in the judgment of the Gujarat High Court
- Court and date
- The 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Mehsana (Special Atrocity Case No.4 of 2020), 7 March 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police officer (rank not stated), Gujarat Police; Police officer (rank not stated), Gujarat Police; Police officer (rank not stated), Gujarat Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The judgment and order of conviction dated 07.03.2024 passed in Special Atrocity Case No. 4 of 2020 by the learned 5th Additional Sessions Judge, Mehsana, is suspended during pendency of the appeal.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Rigorous life imprisonment
- Present status of the proceedings
- An appeal is pending; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
5th Additional Sessions Judge, Mehsana (Special Atrocity Case No.4 of 2020) convicted the accused police personnel on 7 March 2024. An appeal is pending; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Rigorous life imprisonment
Sections: IPC 302; IPC 114; SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act s.3(2)(v)
Appeal status
Appeal pending. Appeal text