The Delhi High Court held two Kotwali police officers personally liable for the false imprisonment of advocate a Delhi man, whom ASI Naut Ram Yadav arrested from court premises on 21 March 1957 relying on stale register entries that wrongly showed him as a proclaimed offender despite his discharge by a Magistrate in 1950. The Court found the ASI had arrested the plaintiff without verification despite his protests and held SHO liable for directing the drive and negligently failing to supervise the incorrect registers. It dismissed the Union of India's appeal, partly allowed the plaintiff's appeal, and decreed Rs 12,500 in damages jointly and severally against both officers and the Union of India, while recommending the Government consider action over the wrong register entries.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 14 January 1977 in RFA 10-D of 1964 with RFA 179-D of 1963, the Delhi High Court (Coram: B.C. Misra, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (Station House Officer), Kotwali Police Station, Chandni Chowk, Delhi Police; Naut Ram Yadav (Assistant Sub-Inspector), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 12,500.
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“We, therefore, find that defendant No. 2 is fully guilty of the tort of false imprisonment.” (para 18)
The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 12,500.
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