On the night of 23/24 June 1993 Nagpur policemen dragged Joinus Yellamati from his home at about 1 AM without registering any offence, beat him at multiple locations to extract a confession, and locked him up; he was found dead in the morning. The trial court convicted ten policemen and the High Court sustained only the Section 330 IPC convictions. The Supreme Court dismissed the policemen's appeals, holding the late-night picking-up and torture violated basic constitutional rights, and enhanced the Section 330 sentence from three years to the seven-year maximum for deterrence. The eight surviving convicts were ordered to surrender forthwith to serve the enhanced terms. Accused A-1 [name withheld] died after filing the appeal, so his name was struck off and the conviction against him abated; the officer list records the trial conviction, not a subsisting one. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 4 September 2018 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 385-388 of 2008, 299 of 2008 with 182-187 of 2009, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: N.V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 9 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Crime Branch Nagpur / PS Deolapar; Yashwant Mukaji Karade (Assistant Police Inspector); Rambhau Vitthalrao Kadu (Sub-Inspector); Jahiruddin Bashirmiya Deshmukh (Police Constable); Nilkanth Pandurang Chaurpagar (Police Constable); Namdeo Nathuji Ganeshkar (Police Constable); Ramesh Tukaram Bhoyar (Police Constable); Ashok Bhawani Gulam Shukla (Police Constable); Sudhakar Marotrao Thakre (Police Constable).
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“We deem it appropriate to increase the term of sentence to maximum imposable period under Section 330 of IPC i.e., seven years of rigorous imprisonment” (para 34)
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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