15 May 2025
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ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel.
adverse finding compensation.
Source: 2025 INSC 711
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CW-2025-0051Guna, Madhya PradeshJudgment 15 May 2025
Guna Man and Another vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another
The Supreme Court transferred the investigation into the custodial death of [name withheld] to the CBI, directing that police officials found responsible be arrested within one month. The Court found that [name withheld] was subjected to brutal third-degree torture including hanging upside down, chilli powder, petrol, salt, and hot water, leading to his death. The sole eyewitness [name withheld] was illegally detained for over 24 hours and subsequently implicated in multiple false cases to coerce him. The Court observed that the local police investigation lacked credibility as allegations were against their own personnel, and even the post-mortem appeared influenced.
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By judgment dated 15 May 2025 in Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 3450 of 2025, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning 2 police personnel, namely: Town Inspector, Myana Police Station; Police Personnel, Myana Police Station and Jhagar Chowki.
- Register number
- MP 08 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 3450 of 2025 / 2025 INSC 711
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, JJ.), 15 May 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Town Inspector, Myana Police Station; Police Personnel, Myana Police Station and Jhagar Chowki
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- 105; 115(2); 3(5); 120; Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The involvement of the police officials in the custodial death of [name withheld] is clearly borne out from the statement of the sole eye-witness [name withheld] and stands further corroborated during the magisterial inquiry. The victims' family tried to lodge …” (at para 29)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Adverse finding.
- Present status of the proceedings
- The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
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Current position
Judgment dated 15 May 2025. This judgment may still be subject to appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
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.
“The involvement of the police officials in the custodial death of [name withheld] is clearly borne out from the statement of the sole eye-witness [name withheld] and stands further corroborated during the magisterial inquiry. The victims' family tried to lodge …” (para 29)
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Follow-up history
24 Sep 2026
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.