# Delhi Man vs \[name withheld\] and Others

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## Report card

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.

- Register number: DL 06 CW 0003
- Case reference: RFA 10-D of 1964 with RFA 179-D of 1963 / (1977) CriLJ 1984 : ILR (1977) Delhi 549
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: B.C. Misra, J.), 14 January 1977
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (Station House Officer), Kotwali Police Station, Chandni Chowk, Delhi Police; Naut Ram Yadav (Assistant Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 54 (as then in force) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We, therefore, find that defendant No. 2 is fully guilty of the tort of false imprisonment.” (at para 18)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 12,500.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/596273/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1977-0002)

**Record:** CW-1977-0002 (compiler id CWC-0782); case GAP2-17-003
**Title:** Delhi Man vs \[name withheld\] and Others
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: B.C. Misra
**Case number / citation:** RFA 10-D of 1964 with RFA 179-D of 1963 / (1977) CriLJ 1984 : ILR (1977) Delhi 549
**Judgment:** 1977-01-14 (1977, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1957-03-21 (1957)
**Place:** Central Delhi, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: Kotwali Police Station, Chandni Chowk; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.54 (as then in force)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (Station House Officer), Kotwali Police Station, Chandni Chowk, Delhi Police; Naut Ram Yadav (Assistant Sub-Inspector) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 12,500
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> We, therefore, find that defendant No. 2 is fully guilty of the tort of false imprisonment.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/596273/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/683258/ram-pyare-lal-vs-om-parkash-ors)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 18
**display title redacted:** Delhi Man vs \[name withheld\] and Others
**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
**institutional response:** {'date': '1977-01-14', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 12,500.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1977) CriLJ 1984 : ILR (1977) Delhi 549', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/596273/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/683258/ram-pyare-lal-vs-om-parkash-ors', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** HC held two named Delhi Police officers personally liable for false imprisonment; Rs 12,500 decreed jointly and severally.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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