# Nellore Man vs Government of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 August 1992 in W.P. Nos. 2216 and 2225 of 1992, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Y. Bhaskar Rao, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, III-Town Police Station, Nellore; Sub-Inspector of Police, Central Crime Station, Nellore; Inspector of Police, Nellore, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0007
- Case reference: W.P. Nos. 2216 and 2225 of 1992 / 1992 (3) ALT 193, 1993 Cri LJ 691
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Y. Bhaskar Rao, J.), 14 August 1992
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, III-Town Police Station, Nellore; Sub-Inspector of Police, Central Crime Station, Nellore; Inspector of Police, Nellore
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 97 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of these decisions, we hold that the Ist respondent-State is liable to pay compensation to the detenu for the forcible taking away and illegal detention of P.W. 3 and for the injuries sustained by him as a result …” (at para 25)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. 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/1556927/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1992-0008)

**Record:** CW-1992-0008 (compiler id CWC-0008); case ANDHRA-008
**Title:** Nellore Man vs Government of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: Y. Bhaskar Rao
**Case number / citation:** W.P. Nos. 2216 and 2225 of 1992 / 1992 (3) ALT 193, 1993 Cri LJ 691
**Judgment:** 1992-08-14 (1992, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-01-30 (1992)
**Place:** SPSR Nellore, Andhra Pradesh (district at time: Nellore); city town: Nellore; police station or unit: III-Town Police Station, Nellore; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 22; Constitution of India Art. 226; CrPC 97; Contempt of Courts Act 1971 s.15
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, III-Town Police Station, Nellore; Sub-Inspector of Police, Central Crime Station, Nellore; Inspector of Police, Nellore (3 in record)
**Victims:** Nellore man; Nellore man; Nellore man (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The High Court found that police officers illegally abducted a Nellore man and two others from their homes on 30 January 1992, detained them in III-Town Police Station, Nellore, and subjected a Nellore man to custodial beatings to discover the whereabouts of an SI daughter who had entered into an interfaith marriage. The Sub-Inspector of III-Town Police Station defied a search warrant issued under Section 97 CrPC by an Advocate-Commissioner appointed by the Magistrate. Holding that the officers violated Articles 21 and 22 in an egregious display of lawlessness, the Court awarded Rs 10,000 compensation payable by the State with liberty to recover from the officers, and initiated criminal contempt proceedings against the Station House Officer. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of these decisions, we hold that the Ist respondent-State is liable to pay compensation to the detenu for the forcible taking away and illegal detention of P.W. 3 and for the injuries sustained by him as a result of the beating by R-2 and another while P.W. 3 was in III-Town Police Station, Nellore, as certified by the Doctor, the illegal detention being malacious in the pursuit to know the whereabouts of the daughters of the 3rd respondent, who wedded a non-muslim boy of whom the detenu (P.W. 3) was a close friend. We accordingly direct the State (1st respondent) to deposit a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand only) towards compensation for the illegal detention of the detenu, with the Registrar (Judicial), High Court of A.P., within one month from to-day.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1556927/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 25
**display title redacted:** Nellore Man vs Government of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
**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': '1992-08-14', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Andhra Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 10,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1992 (3) ALT 193, 1993 Cri LJ 691', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1556927/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** High Court held police illegally abducted, detained, and beat detenu over personal vendetta, awarding Rs 10,000 compensation and initiating contempt.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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