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 "display_title": "Nanded Man vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.",
 "display_title_redacted": "Nanded Man vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.",
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Nanded",
 "district_at_time": "Nanded",
 "city_town": "Nanded",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Vimantal Police Station, Nanded (Crime No. 104/2013); death in Vajirabad Police Station lock-up",
 "court": "Supreme Court of India",
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 "case_title": "Nanded Man vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.",
 "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 1585 of 2018 (arising out of SLP (Crl) No. 6488 of 2016)",
 "citation": "(2019) 13 SCC 595; (2018) INSC 1000",
 "judges": [
  "Uday Umesh Lalit",
  "R. Subhash Reddy"
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 "judgment_date": "2018-12-10",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2018,
 "incident_date": "2013-09-28",
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 "category": "Custodial death",
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   "display": "Police personnel, Vimantal Police Station (Crime No. 104/2013), Nanded"
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   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Nanded man"
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 "compensation_inr": 700000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=2018/december/88.php",
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. A Nanded man died an unnatural death in the Vajirabad Police Station lock-up, Nanded, while in custody in Crime No. 104/2013 of Vimantal Police Station; his parents and daughter obtained Rs 7 lakh compensation from the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench (Crl WP 39/2015, 4.7.2016), which also ordered immediate recovery from the Investigating Officer-in-charge, Amol Kadu. The Supreme Court affirmed that monetary compensation is an appropriate remedy for the established infringement of the fundamental right to life and that the State is vicariously liable on strict liability. It modified only the recovery direction, holding the State may recover from the erring officials once liability for the crime is fastened, and disposed of the appeal in those terms.",
 "summary_verified": "A Nanded man died an unnatural death in the Vajirabad Police Station lock-up, Nanded, while in custody in Crime No. 104/2013 of Vimantal Police Station; his parents and daughter obtained Rs 7 lakh compensation from the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench (Crl WP 39/2015, 4.7.2016), which also ordered immediate recovery from the Investigating Officer-in-charge, Amol Kadu. The Supreme Court affirmed that monetary compensation is an appropriate remedy for the established infringement of the fundamental right to life and that the State is vicariously liable on strict liability. It modified only the recovery direction, holding the State may recover from the erring officials once liability for the crime is fastened, and disposed of the appeal in those terms.",
 "court_quote": "We therefore modify the aforesaid direction of the High Court and state that as and when the liability for the crime in question is fastened, the State shall be at liberty to recover the amount of compensation from the concerned erring officials.",
 "court_quote_para": "n/a",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Supreme Court judgment text verified via AdvocateKhoj mirror (Criminal Appeal 1585/2018, JJ Lalit and Subhash Reddy, 10.12.2018); appeal disposed of, Rs 7 lakh compensation affirmed on strict State liability, HC's immediate-recovery direction against the IO modified to recovery only after liability is fastened. Accused is police (IO-in-charge). Incident date 2013-09-28 and SCC citation retained from merged input: the SC text restates neither and the underlying HC judgment (Crl WP 39/2015) full text was unreachable (casemine 403).",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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 "allegations": [
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   "category": "Custodial death",
   "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"
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   "date": "2018-12-10",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Supreme Court of India",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 700,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "(2019) 13 SCC 595; (2018) INSC 1000",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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