{ "record_id": "CW-2023-0028", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0588", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Mumbai Man vs State of Maharashtra and Others", "display_title_redacted": "Mumbai Man vs State of Maharashtra and Others", "state": "Maharashtra", "district": "Mumbai City", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Mumbai", "police_station_or_unit": "Tardeo Police Station", "court": "Bombay High Court", "court_as_verified": "Bombay High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Mumbai Man vs State of Maharashtra and Others", "case_number": "Writ Petition No. 2436 of 2023", "citation": "2023:BHC-AS:28590-DB", "judges": [ "Revati Mohite Dere", "Gauri Godse" ], "judgment_date": "2023-09-29", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2023, "incident_date": "2023-07-17", "incident_year": 2023, "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": [ "CrPC s.41A", "CrPC s.436", "IPC s.354A", "IPC s.509", "Constitution of India Art. 21", "Constitution of India Art. 226" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Senior Police Inspector", "unit": "Tardeo Police Station, Mumbai", "role": "named_only", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:named_only", "key2:no", "key2_union:unclear", "key2_openrouter:no" ], "ledger_role": "named_only", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "unclear", "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "no", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.89, "jev_p_culpable": 0.16, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Senior Police Inspector, Tardeo Police Station, Mumbai" }, { "name": null, "rank": "Police Sub-Inspector", "unit": "Tardeo Police Station, Mumbai", "role": "named_only", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:named_only", "key2:no", "key2_openrouter:no" ], "ledger_role": "named_only", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "yes", "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "no", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": "no", "jev_risk": 0.95, "jev_p_culpable": 0.04, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Police Sub-Inspector, Tardeo Police Station, Mumbai" } ], "officer_count": 2, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "Mumbai man" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "compensation_only", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": 200000, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/172112741/", "secondary_sources": [ "https://www.barandbench.com/news/bombay-high-court-2-lakhs-compensation-music-teacher-illegally-detained-police" ], "summary": "The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Music teacher a Mumbai man was detained at Tardeo Police Station on 17 July 2023 and transferred overnight to Saat Rasta Lock-up in connection with C.R. No. 310/2023 registered under Sections 354A and 509 IPC, both bailable offences. Despite Sampat having complied with Section 41A CrPC notices and his advocate tendering a written request to furnish bail under Section 436 CrPC, police refused bail, stripped him in the lock-up, and released him on a personal bond only after his wife moved a habeas corpus petition before the High Court on 18 July 2023. A division bench of the Bombay High Court held that the overnight detention was entirely illegal and in brazen violation of Article 21, Section 436 CrPC, and Supreme Court arrest guidelines. The Court directed the State Government to pay Rs 2,00,000 compensation to the victim, ordered the Commissioner of Police to appoint a DCP-rank officer to conduct an inquiry into the conduct of officers at Tardeo Police Station and Saat Rasta Lock-up within eight weeks, and ordered that the compensation amount be recovered from the salaries of the officers found responsible. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "Music teacher a Mumbai man was detained at Tardeo Police Station on 17 July 2023 and transferred overnight to Saat Rasta Lock-up in connection with C.R. No. 310/2023 registered under Sections 354A and 509 IPC, both bailable offences. Despite Sampat having complied with Section 41A CrPC notices and his advocate tendering a written request to furnish bail under Section 436 CrPC, police refused bail, stripped him in the lock-up, and released him on a personal bond only after his wife moved a habeas corpus petition before the High Court on 18 July 2023. A division bench of the Bombay High Court held that the overnight detention was entirely illegal and in brazen violation of Article 21, Section 436 CrPC, and Supreme Court arrest guidelines. The Court directed the State Government to pay Rs 2,00,000 compensation to the victim, ordered the Commissioner of Police to appoint a DCP-rank officer to conduct an inquiry into the conduct of officers at Tardeo Police Station and Saat Rasta Lock-up within eight weeks, and ordered that the compensation amount be recovered from the salaries of the officers found responsible.", "court_quote": "It is thus clearly evident from the aforesaid facts, that the petitioner's husband-a Mumbai man was detained illegally by the police from around 9:30 p.m on 17th July 2023, till 1:00 p.m. on 18th July 2023, till the time, the police learnt of the petition filed in this Court.", "court_quote_para": "20", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "High Court held overnight lock-up detention in bailable offences illegal and violative of Art. 21 and s.436 CrPC, awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation to victim, and ordered recovery from erring officers after DCP inquiry.", "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": "2023-09-29", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Bombay High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.", "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)", "source": "2023:BHC-AS:28590-DB", "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/172112741/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.barandbench.com/news/bombay-high-court-2-lakhs-compensation-music-teacher-illegally-detained-police", "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-17" ], "merged_case_id": "SWILLEGA-004", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }