# State of Maharashtra and Ors. vs Solapur Man

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 March 1991 in Criminal Appeal No. 289 of 1990, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Jayachandra Reddy, J.) returned findings adverse to the Inspector of Police, Faujdar Chavadi Police Station, Sholapur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: MH 13 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 289 of 1990 / (1991) 2 SCC 373
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Jayachandra Reddy, J.), 19 March 1991
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Faujdar Chavadi Police Station, Sholapur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The High Court elaborately dealt with this aspect and held that the explanation given by the Inspector of Police is wholly unacceptable.” (at para 3)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Compensation: Rs 10,000.
- 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/1543073/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1991-0001)

**Record:** CW-1991-0001 (compiler id CWC-0234); case MAHARA-001
**Title:** State of Maharashtra and Ors. vs Solapur Man
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: K. Jayachandra Reddy
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 289 of 1990 / (1991) 2 SCC 373
**Judgment:** 1991-03-19 (1991, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-08-17 (1989)
**Place:** Solapur, Maharashtra (district at time: Sholapur); city town: Solapur; police station or unit: Faujdar Chavdi Police Station, Sholapur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Faujdar Chavadi Police Station, Sholapur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Solapur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** Rs 10,000

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. Undertrial prisoner Ravikant Patil, arrested in Karnataka in a murder investigation, was handcuffed with both arms tied by rope and paraded through the main squares of Sholapur on 17.8.1989, after a local paper announced the parade. The Bombay High Court held Inspector had subjected the undertrial to unwarranted humiliation and indignity violating Article 21, awarded Rs 10,000 compensation against the officer personally, and directed an adverse service-record entry. The Supreme Court agreed the Inspector's explanation was wholly unacceptable and sustained the compensation, but held the officer acted in official capacity so the State of Maharashtra must pay, as in Rudul Sah. It left open a departmental inquiry into further action against the officer after hearing him.

> The High Court elaborately dealt with this aspect and held that the explanation given by the Inspector of Police is wholly unacceptable.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1543073/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/675092/state-of-maharashtra-and-others-appellant-hash-ravikant-s-patil-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 3
**display title redacted:** State of Maharashtra and Ors. vs Solapur Man
**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': \['court_quote_para', 'officers'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1991-03-19', '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 10,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1991) 2 SCC 373', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1543073/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/675092/state-of-maharashtra-and-others-appellant-hash-ravikant-s-patil-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Primary source verified: Supreme Court upheld the Bombay High Court's finding that Inspector violated undertrial Ravikant Patil's Article 21 rights by handcuffing him, tying his arms with rope and parading him through Sholapur city on 17.8.1989, sustaining Rs 10,000 compensation but shifting liability from the officer personally to the State of Maharashtra, and modifying the adverse service-entry direction to require hearing the officer first. Accused is police; outcome adverse_finding_compensation confirmed. Subcategory kept as 'other' (degrading handcuff/parade, not custodial torture).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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