Arun Pandav, 25, was picked up from his home around midnight on 16.12.1985 by Shahupuri police probing an elopement case and found dead with 19 injuries in the lock-up on 17.12.1985. The Sessions Court acquitted all 11 accused policemen, accepting a heart-failure theory. The court held Arun died of assault in the lock-up, the arrest panchanama and station records were fabricated, and convicted accused Nos.1-3 under ss.302/342/218/193 r/w s.34 IPC with concurrent life terms, upholding the acquittal of the other eight. Later proceedings: on 19 November 2013, the Supreme Court of India set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning [name withheld], [name withheld]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
This page documents a court-adjudicated case from the judgment and cited sources below. Findings are attributed to the court; this record does not add findings of its own.
How verification works →By judgment dated 22 March 2007 in Criminal Appeal No. 1084 of 1988 with Criminal Revision Application No. 82 of 1989, the Bombay High Court (Coram: D.G. Deshpande, S.R. Sathe, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur; Police personnel, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur; Inspector, Shahupuri Police Station, Kolhapur.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
The Bombay High Court judgment dated 22 March 2007 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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.
Holding not recorded separately.
“Accused Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are held guilty Under Section 302 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code and they are sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life with fine of Rs. 5,000/- in default to suffer R.I. for two …” (para Operative order (after para 77))
The Bombay High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Later proceedings: on 19 November 2013, the Supreme Court of India set aside the order recorded in this judgment (concerning [name withheld], [name withheld]); the outcome recorded here therefore does not stand.
(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.
These records are listed together because they share a state or a topic. That does not mean they are connected.
