State vs Kheda Police Senior Police Sub-Inspector
Senior PSI of Petlad Rural Police Station, who took custody of a Kheda man (an ss.352/504/506(2) + prohibition accused) on 24-hour remand at 3:20 pm on 5 February 1988 and in whose custody the victim was found dead with grave ante-mortem injuries at 2:30 am on 6 February 1988, was convicted on 30 November 1999 by the Additional Sessions Judge, Kheda at Nadiad in Sessions Case No.172/91 under IPC ss.304-II/331 and sentenced to concurrent 10-year RI terms with fines; four co-accused subordinates were discharged for want of evidence. The Gujarat High Court Division Bench (Anil R. Dave & K.S. Jhaveri, JJ.) dismissed his appeal on 4 April 2007, confirming the conviction, holding the appellant offered not even a whisper of explanation for the custodial death and cancelling bail with 5 weeks to surrender.
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 30 November 1999, the Additional Sessions Judge, Kheda at Nadiad (Sessions Case No.172/91) convicted the Senior Police Sub-Inspector, Petlad Rural Police Station, Kheda.
- Register number
- GJ 07 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Sessions Case No.172/91
- Court and date
- The Additional Sessions Judge, Kheda at Nadiad (Sessions Case No.172/91), 30 November 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Senior Police Sub-Inspector, Petlad Rural Police Station, Kheda
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 331 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “the appellant-accused has been held guilty of the offence punishable under the provisions of Section 304 Part-II of the Indian Penal Code and has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years with a fine of Rs.10,000/-”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 10 years RI + Rs.10,000 fine (s.304-II; 2 years RI in default); 10 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.331; 1 year RI in default), concurrent
- 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, Kheda at Nadiad (Sessions Case No.172/91) convicted the accused police personnel on 30 November 1999. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 10 years RI + Rs.10,000 fine (s.304-II; 2 years RI in default); 10 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.331; 1 year RI in default), concurrent
Sections: IPC 304 Part II; IPC 331
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text