# Nagpur Man vs Government of Maharashtra and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 August 1994 in Writ Petition No. 204 of 1993, the Bombay High Court returned findings adverse to 9 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Assistant Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Sub-Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: MH 31 CW 0004
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 204 of 1993 / 1995 Cri LJ 4223; 1996(1) Bom CR 70; 1994(2) Mh LJ 1769
- Court and date: Bombay High Court, 26 August 1994
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Assistant Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Sub-Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The State Government is directed to pay compensation amounting to Rs. 1,50,000/- awarded in favour of the petitioner. 2 Jarina wd/o a Nagpur man in this proceeding for the custodial death of her husband.” (at para 29)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- 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/432679/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1994-0005)

**Record:** CW-1994-0005 (compiler id CWC-0701); case GAP4-002
**Title:** Nagpur Man vs Government of Maharashtra and Another
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Nagpur
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 204 of 1993 / 1995 Cri LJ 4223; 1996(1) Bom CR 70; 1994(2) Mh LJ 1769
**Judgment:** 1994-08-26 (1994, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-06-24 (1993)
**Place:** Nagpur, Maharashtra; city town: Nagpur; police station or unit: Crime Branch, Nagpur City; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 304; IPC 302
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Assistant Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Sub-Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City (9 in record)
**Victims:** Nagpur man, age 32 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. In the night of 23/24 June 1993 a ten-member Crime Branch party led by PI \[name withheld\] dragged a Nagpur man, a 32-year-old railway khalasi, from his Ajni Railway quarters residence, beat him near his house and again in the police lock-up, where he died in the early hours of 24 June. His wife \[name withheld\] alleged she was illegally detained, assaulted and molested by the same personnel, and that the CID registered only Section 304 IPC instead of murder. The Nagpur Bench held a Nagpur man died of custodial violence by the police party and awarded Rs. 1,50,000 compensation to the widow recoverable proportionately from the erring officials. It also ordered an enquiry into the investigating officer's lapses and issued statewide custodial-safeguard directions; the later Supreme Court appeal challenged only parts of the guidelines, not the compensation.

> The State Government is directed to pay compensation amounting to Rs. 1,50,000/- awarded in favour of the petitioner. 2 Jarina wd/o a Nagpur man in this proceeding for the custodial death of her husband.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/432679/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ade7e4b0149711412805); [lawfoyer.in](https://lawfoyer.in/christian-community-welfare-council-of-india-v-government-of-maharashtra/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** 29
**display title redacted:** Nagpur Man vs Government of Maharashtra and Another
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1994-08-26', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1995 Cri LJ 4223; 1996(1) Bom CR 70; 1994(2) Mh LJ 1769', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/432679/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ade7e4b0149711412805', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawfoyer.in/christian-community-welfare-council-of-india-v-government-of-maharashtra/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Citation, court, date and Rs. 1.5 lakh award cross-verified via indexed text and SC appeal record (primary fetch 429).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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