Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: AIR 1965 SC 1413
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CW-1964-0001Faridkot, PunjabJudgment 3 December 1964
Roshan Lal and Others v. State of Punjab
The Supreme Court affirmed the Punjab High Court's reversal of the trial acquittal of three Jaito policemen for the custodial death of opium suspect [name withheld]. Arrested on 24 December 1961, a Jaito man was beaten at his house and again overnight in the police station to extort a confession, found dead the next morning, and his body burnt with the bones ground and thrown in a canal. The High Court had convicted SHO Roshan Lal under Sections 330, 330/34 and 348 IPC and all three under Section 201 IPC with consecutive three-year terms. With special leave confined to the Section 201 term, the Supreme Court reduced it to one year and nine months' rigorous imprisonment and affirmed the judgment in all other respects. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 3 December 1964 in Appeal (Crl.) No. 197 of 1964, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A.K. Sarkar, N. Rajagopala Ayyangar, R.S. Bachawat, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Roshan Lal (Sub-Inspector, Station House Officer); Lachhman Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Kulwant Rai (Foot Constable).
- Register number
- PB 04 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Appeal (Crl.) No. 197 of 1964 / AIR 1965 SC 1413
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: A.K. Sarkar, N. Rajagopala Ayyangar, R.S. Bachawat, JJ.), 3 December 1964
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Roshan Lal (Sub-Inspector, Station House Officer); Lachhman Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Kulwant Rai (Foot Constable)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In the result, the appeal is allowed in part, and the sentences passed on the appellants for the offence u/s 201 of the Indian Penal Code are reduced to rigorous imprisonment for one year and nine months. In other respects, …” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 3 December 1964 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“In the result, the appeal is allowed in part, and the sentences passed on the appellants for the offence u/s 201 of the Indian Penal Code are reduced to rigorous imprisonment for one year and nine months. In other respects, …” (para 19)
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Institutional response
3 Dec 1964
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: AIR 1965 SC 1413
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.