# K. Yesupadam vs S.I. of Police, Penamaluru P.S., Vijayawada and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 August 1997, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: V. Rajagopala Reddy, J.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector of Police, Penamaluru Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0011
- Case reference: 1997 (2) ALD (Cri) 621, 1997 (5) ALT 98
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: V. Rajagopala Reddy, J.), 6 August 1997
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Penamaluru Police Station
- 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
- Finding of the Court (extract): “However, since it was found that the 1st respondent has illegally detained the wife of the petitioner from 23-3-97 to 31-3-97, for eight long days, keeping her away from her duties as Aaya in Nagarjuna Hospital, the petitioner's wife should …” (at para 9)
- 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/1081343/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1997-0008)

**Record:** CW-1997-0008 (compiler id CWC-0004); case SOUTH-001
**Title:** K. Yesupadam vs S.I. of Police, Penamaluru P.S., Vijayawada and Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: V. Rajagopala Reddy
**Case number / citation:** 1997 (2) ALD (Cri) 621, 1997 (5) ALT 98
**Judgment:** 1997-08-06 (1997, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1997-03-23 (1997)
**Place:** Krishna, Andhra Pradesh; city town: Vijayawada; police station or unit: Penamaluru Police Station; 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
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Penamaluru Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Vijayawada woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The High Court found that the Sub-Inspector of Penamaluru Police Station illegally detained a Vijayawada woman, a hospital aaya, for eight days from 23 March 1997 to 31 March 1997 without any General Diary entry, solely to pressure her absconding son to surrender. Accepting the inquiry report of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Krishna, which corroborated the unlawful confinement through independent witness testimony, the Court held that the officer flagrantly violated her fundamental right to personal liberty under Article 21. The Court ordered the Sub-Inspector to personally pay Rs 10,000 compensation into a fixed deposit in the victim name for five years. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> However, since it was found that the 1st respondent has illegally detained the wife of the petitioner from 23-3-97 to 31-3-97, for eight long days, keeping her away from her duties as Aaya in Nagarjuna Hospital, the petitioner's wife should be suitably compensated.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1081343/)
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** K. Yesupadam vs S.I. of Police, Penamaluru P.S., Vijayawada 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': '1997-08-06', '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': '1997 (2) ALD (Cri) 621, 1997 (5) ALT 98', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1081343/', '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 SI of Penamaluru PS illegally detained woman for 8 days to force absconding son surrender, ordering SI personally to pay Rs 10,000 compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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