{ "record_id": "CW-1997-0009", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0003", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Vissannapeta Man vs The S.H.O., Vissannapeta P.S. and Ors.", "display_title_redacted": "Vissannapeta Man vs The S.H.O., Vissannapeta P.S. and Ors.", "state": "Andhra Pradesh", "district": "NTR", "district_at_time": "Krishna", "city_town": "Vissannapeta", "police_station_or_unit": "Vissannapeta Police Station", "court": "Andhra Pradesh High Court", "court_as_verified": "Andhra Pradesh High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Vissannapeta Man vs The S.H.O., Vissannapeta P.S. and Ors.", "case_number": null, "citation": "1997 (5) ALD 793, 1998 Cri LJ 414", "judges": [ "V. Rajagopala Reddy" ], "judgment_date": "1997-08-07", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 1997, "incident_date": "1996-10-29", "incident_year": 1996, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment", "subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment", "subcategory_display": "illegal detention false imprisonment", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation", "sections": [ "Constitution of India Art. 21", "Constitution of India Art. 226", "CrPC 154", "CrPC 155" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Sub-Inspector of Police", "unit": "Vissannapeta Police Station", "role": "held_liable", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "key2:no_row" ], "ledger_role": "held_liable", "key2": null, "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": null, "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": null, "jev_p_culpable": null, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": null, "display": "Sub-Inspector of Police, Vissannapeta Police Station" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": 70, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "Vissannapeta man, age 70" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "compensation_only", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": 6000, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1110858/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The High Court found that the Sub-Inspector of Vissannapeta Police Station unlawfully detained 70-year-old a Vissannapeta man from 29 October 1996 to 31 October 1996 without registering any crime. The detention was executed to pressure a Vissannapeta man regarding a civil loan dispute involving his son. Based on a CID enquiry report and witness testimonies confirming the illegal confinement, the Court held that the officer had violated Article 21 and directed the Sub-Inspector to personally pay Rs 6,000 compensation to the detenu. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "The High Court found that the Sub-Inspector of Vissannapeta Police Station unlawfully detained 70-year-old a Vissannapeta man from 29 October 1996 to 31 October 1996 without registering any crime. The detention was executed to pressure a Vissannapeta man regarding a civil loan dispute involving his son. Based on a CID enquiry report and witness testimonies confirming the illegal confinement, the Court held that the officer had violated Article 21 and directed the Sub-Inspector to personally pay Rs 6,000 compensation to the detenu.", "court_quote": "Thus his stay till 31-10-96 in the police station should be treated as unlawful custody by the S.I. of Police. It is, therefore, clear that the detenu was detained unauthorisedly in the police station by the 4th respondent without there being any crime registered against him.", "court_quote_para": "11", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "High Court held SI of Vissannapeta PS illegally detained 70-year-old man for two days over a civil dispute and ordered SI personally to pay Rs 6,000 compensation.", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "allegations": [ { "category": "Other", "primary": true, "position": "Material fact supported", "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.", "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": "1997-08-07", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Andhra Pradesh High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 6,000.", "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)", "source": "1997 (5) ALD 793, 1998 Cri LJ 414", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [ { "date": "2026-09-19", "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass", "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)", "result": "holds", "corrections_applied": [] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1110858/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-01" ], "merged_case_id": "ANDHRA-003", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }