The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of three Delhi policemen convicted for illegally confining a Delhi man @ a Delhi man at Andha Mughal police post from 1 to 5 August 1980, beating him every few hours to extort a theft confession, then burning him alive when the head constable poured kerosene and the constables lit matches. The Court believed the magistrate-recorded dying declaration naming all three, corroborated by extensive bruises at post-mortem, and rejected the suicide and alibi defences. All three kept life sentences under Section 302 read with Section 34 with Rs 5,000 fine, with two also serving two years under Section 330. The convictions came 35 years after the crime. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 16 December 2015 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 447 and 484 of 2010, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, Uday Umesh Lalit, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police; Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police; Constable, Andha Mughal Police Post, Delhi Police.
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The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 16 December 2015 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.
“Having regard to our above conclusions, we do not find any merit in both the appeals. The appeals fail and the same are dismissed.” (para 20)
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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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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