The Supreme Court on 7 February 1995 dismissed on merit the appeals of ASI and Constable of Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, upholding their convictions under Sections 217, 330 and 348 read with Section 34 IPC. The Court found that a Shimla man had been wrongfully confined at the police post from 30 August to 12 September 1975 and beaten with sticks to extort a confession in a theft case, and that his dead body was found on 17 September 1975. It held the constable's complicity proved beyond doubt and the ASI answerable as post in-charge acting with tacit consent and connivance. A third constable's appeal abated on his death; the Court left the convictions and sentences undisturbed and ordered no compensation.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 7 February 1995 in Criminal Appeal No. 715 of 1989 with appeals arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos. 965 of 1989 and 193 of 1990, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Sujata V. Manohar, M. M. Punchhi, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector (in charge), Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police; Constable, Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police; Constable, Police Post Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Police.
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“The complicity of [name withheld] and [name withheld] in the commission of the crime thus stands proved beyond doubt.” (para 5)
The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
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