State vs Chhattisgarh Police Station House Officer
The trial court convicted SHO, constables and [name withheld] and home guard of PS Mulmula under IPC 302/34 and sentenced each to life imprisonment for the 17 September 2016 custodial death of a 35-year-old man, who was picked up drunk from the CSPDCL sub-station Nariyara, medically found injury-free, then brought dead to CHC Pamgarh with 26 external injuries. The Chhattisgarh High Court Division Bench in July 2025 held the death was culpable homicide not amounting to murder, substituted a conviction under IPC 304 Part II/34 with 10 years RI each, and affirmed the acquittal under the SC/ST Act for want of proof of [name withheld] knowledge.
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 26 February 2019, the Sessions Court, Janjgir-Champa district (Mulmula PS case; exact court designation not stated in report) convicted 4 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Home Guard, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police.
- Register number
- CG 11 CW 0003
- Case reference
- Trial arising from FIR dated 19.09.2016, PS Mulmula; appeal CRA Nos. 611/2019, 705/2019, 681/2019, 609/2019 and Acq.A. 676/2019 (Chhattisgarh HC); reported in the judgment of the Special Court (SC/ST Act), Janjgir-Champa
- Court and date
- The Sessions Court, Janjgir-Champa district (Mulmula PS case; exact court designation not stated in report), 26 February 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Station House Officer, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Constable, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police; Home Guard, PS Mulmula, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Deceased died homicidal death in police custody and it is a case of custodial death.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Life imprisonment each at trial; on appeal (Division Bench Justices Sanjay K. Agrawal and [name withheld], July 2025) altered to 10 years rigorous imprisonment each
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Sessions Court, Janjgir-Champa district (Mulmula PS case; exact court designation not stated in report) convicted the accused police personnel on 26 February 2019. The conviction was upheld on appeal.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Life imprisonment each at trial; on appeal (Division Bench Justices Sanjay K. Agrawal and [name withheld], July 2025) altered to 10 years rigorous imprisonment each
Sections: IPC 302 r/w IPC 34
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal.