# Hyderabad Woman v. \[name withheld\] and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 August 1996 in W.P. No. 21340 of 1995, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: P.S. Mishra, Syed Saadatulla Hussaini, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Inspector of Police, Nallakunta Police Station, Hyderabad, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: TG 14 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P. No. 21340 of 1995 / 1996(4) ALD 150
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: P.S. Mishra, Syed Saadatulla Hussaini, JJ.), 8 August 1996
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Nallakunta Police Station, Hyderabad
- 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 173(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “there is no manner of doubt the petitioner's right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been infringed by the third respondent and other officials, who arrested her and kept her under detention without complying with the requirements …” (at para 9)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 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://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5608f75be4b014971113fbcf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1996-0016)

**Record:** CW-1996-0016 (compiler id CWC-0910); case GAP2-5-001
**Title:** Hyderabad Woman v. \[name withheld\] and Others
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: P.S. Mishra; Syed Saadatulla Hussaini
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 21340 of 1995 / 1996(4) ALD 150
**Judgment:** 1996-08-08 (1996, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1995-03-06 (1995)
**Place:** Hyderabad, Telangana; city town: Hyderabad; police station or unit: Nallakunta Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.21; Constitution Art.226; CrPC s.173(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Nallakunta Police Station, Hyderabad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Hyderabad woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Andhra Pradesh High Court (treating the petitioner's letter to the CJI as an Article 226 petition) held that a woman advocate picked up on 6 March 1995 was beaten, made to sign blank papers, and shuttled between police stations for over 26 hours without FIR, crime number or prompt production before a Magistrate. The Court found the arrest was procured by the then Public Prosecutor to pressure her to withdraw a habeas corpus petition and was executed by the Inspector of Nallakunta Police Station. It ordered the State to pay Rs 50,000 as exemplary public-law compensation (moderated as the petitioner was not free of wrongdoing) and called for Section 173(2) CrPC reports in the seven cases registered against her. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> there is no manner of doubt the petitioner's right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been infringed by the third respondent and other officials, who arrested her and kept her under detention without complying with the requirements of law

**Sources (2):** [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5608f75be4b014971113fbcf); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1065173/)
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Hyderabad Woman v. \[name withheld\] and Others
**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': '1996-08-08', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1996(4) ALD 150', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5608f75be4b014971113fbcf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1065173/', '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:** AP HC (pre-bifurcation; Hyderabad now in Telangana) held Article 21 violated by Inspector-led illegal detention/beating; Rs 50,000 compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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