Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Rajasthan High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004
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CW-2010-0006Jhalawar, RajasthanJudgment 5 August 2010
Gangdhar Police Station House Officer and others vs State of Rajasthan
The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of SHO and Constables, [name withheld], and [name withheld] of Gangdhar Police Station for the custodial death of a Gangdhar man The deceased had been illegally detained for interrogation on 5 May 1999 and was tortured to death in police custody on the night of 6-7 May 1999, after which the police personnel transported the body in a police vehicle and burned it to destroy evidence. Affirming the judgment of the Special Judge, SC/ST Court, Jhalawar, the High Court held that the prosecution had conclusively established an unbroken chain of circumstantial evidence proving the offences under Sections 302, 331, 348, and 201 read with Section 34 IPC. Later proceedings: on 27 April 2016, the Supreme Court of India acquitted [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld] of all charges on appeal; the convictions recorded in this judgment therefore do not stand. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 5 August 2010 in D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Narendra Kumar Jain, Meena V. Gomber, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station.
- Register number
- RJ 17 CW 0001
- Case reference
- D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004
- Court and date
- Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Narendra Kumar Jain, Meena V. Gomber, JJ.), 5 August 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Station House Officer, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station; Constable, Gangdhar Police Station
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 331 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 348 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “For the foregoing reasons, and in the light of principles of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court from time to time, we do not find any illegality or perversity in the judgment and order passed by learned Trial Court, …” (at para 103)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment.
- Present status of the proceedings
- Supreme Court of India, 27 April 2016: acquitted on appeal.
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Current position
The Rajasthan High Court judgment dated 5 August 2010 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.
“For the foregoing reasons, and in the light of principles of law laid down by Hon'ble Apex Court from time to time, we do not find any illegality or perversity in the judgment and order passed by learned Trial Court, …” (para 103)
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Institutional response
5 Aug 2010
Order issued
ConcludedThe Rajasthan High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: D.B. Cr. Appeal No. 121/2004
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27 Apr 2016
Acquitted on appeal
ConcludedLater proceedings: on 27 April 2016, the Supreme Court of India acquitted [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld] of all charges on appeal; the convictions recorded in this judgment therefore do not stand.
Later proceeding · Conviction not standing.
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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.