19 Oct 2023
Order issued
ConcludedThe Gujarat High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: Neutral Citation C/MCA/1067/2022
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CW-2023-0031Kheda, GujaratJudgment 19 October 2023
Undhela (Matar) Police Police Inspector and Ors. vs State of Gujarat and Ors.
The Gujarat High Court held four Kheda police personnel guilty of contempt for tying five detained men to a pole at Undhela village chowk on 4 October 2022 and publicly flogging them, in violation of the D. K. Basu guidelines. The Court found the men had been kept overnight at the SOG police station, beaten in public view in an act that was videographed and widely circulated, with arrest shown only that night. It rejected the unconditional apology and sentenced each contemner to 14 days' simple imprisonment with a Rs 2,000 fine. The sentence directions were stayed for three months to allow appeal.
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By judgment dated 19 October 2023 in R/Misc. Civil Application (for Contempt) No. 1067 of 2022, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: A. S. Supehia, Gita Gopi, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Kheda (Matar / SOG); Sub-Inspector, Kheda; Armed Head Constable, Kheda; Constable, Kheda.
- Register number
- GJ 07 CW 0005
- Case reference
- R/Misc. Civil Application (for Contempt) No. 1067 of 2022 / Neutral Citation C/MCA/1067/2022
- Court and date
- Gujarat High Court (Coram: A. S. Supehia, Gita Gopi, JJ.), 19 October 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Inspector, Kheda (Matar / SOG); Sub-Inspector, Kheda; Armed Head Constable, Kheda; Constable, Kheda
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “We have already discussed the inhuman acts committed by the respondents on the complainants by violating the law declared by the Supreme Court. Looking to the over all facts and the manner, in which the incident has occurred and in …” (at para 32)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.04 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- Supreme Court of India, 23 January 2024: appeal pending.
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Current position
The Gujarat High Court judgment dated 19 October 2023 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
Custodial torturePrimary
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.
“We have already discussed the inhuman acts committed by the respondents on the complainants by violating the law declared by the Supreme Court. Looking to the over all facts and the manner, in which the incident has occurred and in …” (para 32)
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Institutional response
23 Jan 2024
Appeal pending
PendingAs of 23 January 2024, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld], [name withheld]); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.
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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.