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 2005 SC 402
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CW-2004-0004Bhopal, Madhya PradeshJudgment 16 November 2004
Bhopal Police personnel and others vs State of M.P.
Replace final sentence with the recorded defence: each accused denied the allegations; the s.313 version was that police received information of an injured/unconscious person lying near the Nala, and counsel argued the prosecution evidence (PW-12, PW-14) was not cogent. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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Report card
By judgment dated 16 November 2004 in Crl.A. No. 919 of 1999, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Arijit Pasayat, C.K. Thakker, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Gulab Singh Chaudhury.
- Register number
- MP 01 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Crl.A. No. 919 of 1999 / AIR 2005 SC 402
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: Arijit Pasayat, C.K. Thakker, JJ.), 16 November 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Gulab Singh Chaudhury
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The courts must not lose sight of the fact that death in police custody is perhaps one of the worst kind of crimes in a civilized society, governed by the rule of law and poses a serious threat to an …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; 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 Supreme Court of India judgment dated 16 November 2004 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.
“The courts must not lose sight of the fact that death in police custody is perhaps one of the worst kind of crimes in a civilized society, governed by the rule of law and poses a serious threat to an …” (para n/a)
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Institutional response
16 Nov 2004
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 2005 SC 402
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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.