# State vs Chhattisgarh Police Station House Officer

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Trial-court conviction (Sessions Court, Janjgir-Champa district (Mulmula PS case; exact court designation not stated in report); Sessions Court). Convicted 26 February 2019. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

The trial court convicted SHO, constables and \[name withheld\] and home guard of PS Mulmula under IPC 302/34 and sentenced each to life imprisonment for the 17 September 2016 custodial death of a 35-year-old man, who was picked up drunk from the CSPDCL sub-station Nariyara, medically found injury-free, then brought dead to CHC Pamgarh with 26 external injuries. The Chhattisgarh High Court Division Bench in July 2025 held the death was culpable homicide not amounting to murder, substituted a conviction under IPC 304 Part II/34 with 10 years RI each, and affirmed the acquittal under the SC/ST Act for want of proof of \[name withheld\] knowledge.

## Report card

By judgment dated 26 February 2019, the Sessions Court, Janjgir-Champa district (Mulmula PS case; exact court designation not stated in report) convicted 4 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Home Guard, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police.

- Register number: CG 11 CW 0003
- Case reference: Trial arising from FIR dated 19.09.2016, PS Mulmula; appeal CRA Nos. 611/2019, 705/2019, 681/2019, 609/2019 and Acq.A. 676/2019 (Chhattisgarh HC); reported in the judgment of the Special Court (SC/ST Act), Janjgir-Champa
- Court and date: The Sessions Court, Janjgir-Champa district (Mulmula PS case; exact court designation not stated in report), 26 February 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Home Guard, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Deceased died homicidal death in police custody and it is a case of custodial death.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment each at trial; on appeal (Division Bench Justices Sanjay K. Agrawal and \[name withheld\], July 2025) altered to 10 years rigorous imprisonment each
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://24law.in/pdf/1753362711_3531-chhattisgarh-hc-re-state-of-chhattisgarh.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w4-41-001)

## At a glance

- Category: Violence & unlawful detention
- Sub-category: custodial death
- Location: Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh
- Officers: Station House Officer, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Home Guard, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police
- Sentence: Life imprisonment each at trial; on appeal (Division Bench Justices Sanjay K. Agrawal and \[name withheld\], July 2025) altered to 10 years rigorous imprisonment each
- Verification: V2 · Trial court