# Cuttack Man v. State of Orissa & Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 January 1993 in O.J.C. No. 8304 of 1992, the Orissa High Court (Coram: B. L. Hansaria, S. K. Mohanty, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Havildar, Nayagarh, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: OD 05 CW 0002
- Case reference: O.J.C. No. 8304 of 1992 / (1993) CriLJ 1504
- Court and date: Orissa High Court (Coram: B. L. Hansaria, S. K. Mohanty, JJ.), 11 January 1993
- Officer(s) at the material time: Havildar, Nayagarh
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The facts of the case leave nothing to doubt that the present is a case of violation of the fundamental right of a Cuttack man under Art. 21 of the Constitution, and keeping in view the Supreme Court decision in …” (at para 8)
- 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/1451025/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0001)

**Record:** CW-1993-0001 (compiler id CWC-0526); case SWDISPRO-023
**Title:** Cuttack Man v. State of Orissa & Anr.
**Court:** Orissa High Court; judges: B. L. Hansaria; S. K. Mohanty
**Case number / citation:** O.J.C. No. 8304 of 1992 / (1993) CriLJ 1504
**Judgment:** 1993-01-11 (1993, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-12-01 (1992)
**Place:** Cuttack, Odisha; city town: Cuttack; police station or unit: Nayagarh (Circle Inspector of Police); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Havildar, Nayagarh (1 in record)
**Victims:** Cuttack man, age 18 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Orissa High Court awarded Rs 10,000 to a Cuttack man, aged about 18, who was handcuffed and put in chains while hospitalised in the surgery ward of SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack, on a Havildar's orders. The Court rejected the justification of unknown anti-social visitors as ipse dixit, holding the chaining uncalled for, ordered by an incompetent rank since only a Deputy Superintendent may order irons under section 56 of the Prisons Act. It held the Orissa Police Manual stood unamended despite Sunil Batra and found a clear violation of Article 21. The State was left free to proceed against the Havildar under law. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The facts of the case leave nothing to doubt that the present is a case of violation of the fundamental right of a Cuttack man under Art. 21 of the Constitution, and keeping in view the Supreme Court decision in the case of Ravikant (supra), we award a sum of Rs. 10,000/- as compensation to be paid by the State to a Cuttack man

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1451025/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/560988b4e4b014971137e90b)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Cuttack Man v. State of Orissa & Anr.
**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': '1993-01-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Orissa High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Orissa High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 10,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1993) CriLJ 1504', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1451025/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/560988b4e4b014971137e90b', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** Orissa HC held chaining hospitalised 18-year-old violated Art 21; Rs 10k; only DySP may order irons.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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