Detailed record
Report card
By judgment dated 28 September 2026 in R/Special Criminal Application (Direction) No. 9593 of 2024, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: M. K. Thakker, J.) adjudicated the matter concerning the Officer-in-charge, Pradhyumannagar Police Station, Rajkot.
- Register number
- GJ 03 CW 0005
- Case reference
- R/Special Criminal Application (Direction) No. 9593 of 2024
- Court and date
- Gujarat High Court (Coram: M. K. Thakker, J.), 28 September 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Officer-in-charge, Pradhyumannagar Police Station, Rajkot
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section of Criminal Procedure, 1973 of the Section 154 of the Code; Section of Criminal Procedure, 1973 of the Section 176 of the Code; Article 226 of the Constitution of India of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “instead of taking appropriate action, either by registering an FIR or by treating the same as a private complaint, the said complaint was made a part of the inquiry conducted under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure” (at para 12)
- 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.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
Judgment dated 28 September 2026. This judgment may still be subject to appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
OtherPrimary
Court finding
A court has made a finding on this allegation.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“instead of taking appropriate action, either by registering an FIR or by treating the same as a private complaint, the said complaint was made a part of the inquiry conducted under Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure” (para 12)
Separate from verification
Institutional response
28 Sep 2026
Order issued
ConcludedHigh Court of Gujarat External · Binding
The High Court held the police had not registered an FIR on the family's complaint about a death in CBI custody and had folded it into the Section 176 inquiry; it directed an FIR against an unknown person and investigation under the supervision of the DIG, CID Crime, with a report in three months.
Adverse finding (failure to register FIR in a custodial death) · FIR and supervised investigation directed · no compensation.
Source: R/SCR.A/9593/2024
Not yet re-checked.
Continuing record
Follow-up history
5 Oct 2026 (Copwatch convictions sweep (5 Oct): record written from the judgment text on Indian Kanoon; quote checked verbatim; no personal finding against any officer is claimed.)
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
