CBI vs Delhi Police Inspector (Retd.; then SHO)
The Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, on 17 March 2017 sentenced Inspector (Retd.) [name withheld], then SHO of Police Station Hauz Qazi, to five years Rigorous Imprisonment with a Rs 35,000 fine for the custodial death of a Central Delhi resident, whom police personnel picked up on 09.12.1997 on his instructions and mercilessly beat, causing death in custody on 10.12.1997. CBI registered the case on 17.04.1998 at the GNCT Delhi request and chargesheeted Yadav and the then ASI (who died during trial, charges abated) on 10.12.1999 after examining 24 prosecution witnesses; the trial court found Yadav guilty and convicted him.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 17 March 2017, the Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi convicted the Inspector (Retd.; then SHO), Police Station Hauz Qazi, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 06 CW 0028
- Case reference
- CBI vs Delhi Police Inspector (Retd.; then SHO)
- Court and date
- The Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, 17 March 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector (Retd.; then SHO), Police Station Hauz Qazi, Delhi Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “As a result, he died on 10.12.1997 while in Police custody. The Trial Court found the accused guilty and convicted him.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 5 years Rigorous Imprisonment
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi convicted the accused police personnel on 17 March 2017. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 5 years Rigorous Imprisonment
Sections: Not stated
Appeal status
No appeal known.