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 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0763",
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 "display_title": "Bengaluru Man vs State of Karnataka & Anr.",
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 "state": "Karnataka",
 "district": "Bengaluru Urban",
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 "city_town": "Bengaluru",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Whitefield Police Station",
 "court": "Karnataka High Court",
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 "case_title": "Bengaluru Man vs State of Karnataka & Anr.",
 "case_number": "Criminal Petition No. 13117 of 2026",
 "citation": "CNR: KAHC010598672026",
 "judges": [
  "M. Nagaprasanna"
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 "judgment_date": "2026-08-27",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2026-08-25",
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 "category": "Other",
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 "admin_subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
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 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
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  "BNSS 2023 s.35",
  "BNSS 2023 s.528",
  "CrPC s.482",
  "Constitution Art. 21",
  "BNS s.61",
  "BNS s.338",
  "BNS s.340(2)"
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   "rank": "Assistant Commissioner of Police",
   "unit": "Whitefield Sub-Division",
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   "display": "Assistant Commissioner of Police, Whitefield Sub-Division"
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   "display": "Deputy Commissioner of Police, Whitefield Division"
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 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Bengaluru man"
  }
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 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 300000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://s3.courtbook.in/2026/08/mr_k_n_mohan_reddy_v_state_of_karnataka_anot.pdf",
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  "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/08/28/oral-order-crl-p-13117-of-2026-696716.pdf",
  "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/karnataka-high-court/karnataka-high-court-police-arresting-witness-will-despite-notice-appear-later-547615",
  "https://www.barandbench.com/news/karnataka-high-court-slams-police-raj-imposes-3-lakh-costs-on-whitefield-police-for-illegal-arrest"
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Petitioner a Bengaluru man, an attesting witness to a disputed Will, was issued a notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) on 25 August 2026 directing him to appear for inquiry on 27 August 2026, but the Whitefield Police arrested him on the same day prior to the scheduled appearance date. The Karnataka High Court declared the arrest illegal and an abuse of coercive power, holding that Section 35(3) BNSS explicitly prohibits arrest of a noticee before the appearance date unless reasoned non-compliance occurs. The court imposed exemplary costs of Rs 3,00,000 payable directly to the petitioner personally by the Investigating Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police, and Deputy Commissioner of Police rather than the State exchequer, and directed departmental scrutiny of the officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "Petitioner a Bengaluru man, an attesting witness to a disputed Will, was issued a notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) on 25 August 2026 directing him to appear for inquiry on 27 August 2026, but the Whitefield Police arrested him on the same day prior to the scheduled appearance date. The Karnataka High Court declared the arrest illegal and an abuse of coercive power, holding that Section 35(3) BNSS explicitly prohibits arrest of a noticee before the appearance date unless reasoned non-compliance occurs. The court imposed exemplary costs of Rs 3,00,000 payable directly to the petitioner personally by the Investigating Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police, and Deputy Commissioner of Police rather than the State exchequer, and directed departmental scrutiny of the officers.",
 "court_quote": "The costs are, therefore, quantified at `3,00,000/- (Rupees Three Lakhs only) and shall be paid to the petitioner by the Investigating Officer, the Assistant Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police, who are responsible for directing, permitting or facilitating the illegal arrest.",
 "court_quote_para": "22",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Karnataka HC declared arrest prior to BNSS s.35(3) notice appearance date illegal, imposing Rs 3 lakh exemplary costs personally on IO, ACP, and DCP.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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 "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"
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  {
   "date": "2026-08-27",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Karnataka High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "CNR: KAHC010598672026",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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