# Tirupati Man vs State of Andhra Pradesh and Anr.

HTML version: [https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0006](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0006)

## Report card

By judgment dated 27 December 1993 in W.P. No. 15602 of 1993, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: N.D. Patnaik, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, Central Crime Station, Tirupati; Police Constable, Central Crime Station, Tirupati, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5,000.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0008
- Case reference: W.P. No. 15602 of 1993 / 1994 (1) ALT 60, 1994 Cri LJ 1469
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: N.D. Patnaik, J.), 27 December 1993
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Central Crime Station, Tirupati; Police Constable, Central Crime Station, Tirupati
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Since the arrest of a Tirupati man on the evening of 21-10-1993 on a false charge of theft and subsequent production before the Judicial Magistrate is only an attempt to cover up the illegal detention.” (at para 21)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5,000.
- 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/1477666/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0006)

**Record:** CW-1993-0006 (compiler id CWC-0006); case ANDHRA-006
**Title:** Tirupati Man vs State of Andhra Pradesh and Anr.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: N.D. Patnaik
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 15602 of 1993 / 1994 (1) ALT 60, 1994 Cri LJ 1469
**Judgment:** 1993-12-27 (1993, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-10-02 (1993)
**Place:** Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh (district at time: Chittoor); city town: Tirupati; police station or unit: Central Crime Station, Tirupati; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 226; CrPC 482
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Central Crime Station, Tirupati; Police Constable, Central Crime Station, Tirupati (2 in record)
**Victims:** Tirupati man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Acting on a habeas corpus petition filed by a law professor, the High Court held that Andhra Pradesh police abducted a Tirupati man from his village in Tamil Nadu on 2 October 1993 and illegally detained him in Tirupati until 21 October 1993. The Court found that the subsequent registration of a gold-chain theft case against him was a fabricated cover-up to shield police wrongdoing. The Court quashed the criminal prosecution as a gross abuse of process and directed the State of Andhra Pradesh to pay Rs 5,000 compensation to a Tirupati man for violation of his fundamental right to personal liberty under Article 21. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Since the arrest of a Tirupati man on the evening of 21-10-1993 on a false charge of theft and subsequent production before the Judicial Magistrate is only an attempt to cover up the illegal detention.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1477666/)
**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:** 21
**display title redacted:** Tirupati Man vs State of Andhra Pradesh and 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': '1993-12-27', '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 5,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1994 (1) ALT 60, 1994 Cri LJ 1469', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1477666/', '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:** High Court held AP police abducted and illegally detained victim for 18 days, fabricated false theft charge to cover up, and awarded Rs 5,000 compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

[Open CW-1993-0006](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0006)