14 May 1990
Order issued
ConcludedThe Calcutta High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 1990 Cri LJ 2093
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CW-1990-0004Howrah, West BengalJudgment 14 May 1990
The State v. Howrah Police Inspector
The Calcutta High Court allowed the State appeal and complainant revision against the 1985 acquittals and convicted an Inspector, Sub-Inspector and Constable of Golabari PS for beating railway employee a Howrah man to death in custody on 26 February 1980. The Court held the assault was made to extort a confession, rejecting the alibi and fall-from-roof defence on eyewitness and medical evidence of ruptured kidney and liver. It sentenced two officers to 7 years RI and one to 5 years RI with fines payable to the complainant, affirming the fourth accused's acquittal. The judgment records the torture as an illegal extra-judicial execution in the lock-up. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 14 May 1990 in Criminal Appeal u/s 378(1) CrPC with Criminal Revision (vs Addl. Sessions Judge, 3rd Court, Howrah order dated 20.08.1985), the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Ajit K. Sengupta, J.) recorded the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Golabari PS, Howrah; Sub-Inspector, Golabari PS, Howrah; Constable, Golabari PS, Howrah.
- Register number
- WB 11 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal u/s 378(1) CrPC with Criminal Revision (vs Addl. Sessions Judge, 3rd Court, Howrah order dated 20.08.1985) / 1990 Cri LJ 2093
- Court and date
- Calcutta High Court (Coram: Ajit K. Sengupta, J.), 14 May 1990
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector, Golabari PS, Howrah; Sub-Inspector, Golabari PS, Howrah; Constable, Golabari PS, Howrah
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “This case demonstrates the extent of inhuman torture and degrading treatment meted to a prisoner in police lock-up resulting in his illegal or extra-judicial execution.” (at para 2)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 7 years.
- 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 Calcutta High Court judgment dated 14 May 1990 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.
“This case demonstrates the extent of inhuman torture and degrading treatment meted to a prisoner in police lock-up resulting in his illegal or extra-judicial execution.” (para 2)
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Institutional response
Continuing record
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.