# Shahapur Woman vs The State of Maharashtra and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 January 1998, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A.P. Shah, S.S. Parkar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Shahapur Police Station, Thane; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Vasind Outpost, Shahapur Police Station; Police Constable, Shahapur Police Station, Thane, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: MH 04 CW 0003
- Case reference: 1998 Cri LJ 1505; 1998(2) Mh LJ 410; (1999) 1 Bom LR 449
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: A.P. Shah, S.S. Parkar, JJ.), 15 January 1998
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Shahapur Police Station, Thane; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Vasind Outpost, Shahapur Police Station; Police Constable, Shahapur Police Station, Thane
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the affidavit it has been almost conceded that the deceased was tortured while in the police custody.” (at para 2)
- 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/1172230/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1998-0006)

**Record:** CW-1998-0006 (compiler id CWC-0702); case GAP4-001
**Title:** Shahapur Woman vs The State of Maharashtra and Another
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: A.P. Shah; S.S. Parkar
**Case number / citation:** 1998 Cri LJ 1505; 1998(2) Mh LJ 410; (1999) 1 Bom LR 449
**Judgment:** 1998-01-15 (1998, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1997-06-16 (1997)
**Place:** Thane, Maharashtra; city town: Shahapur; police station or unit: Shahapur Police Station / Vasind Outpost, Thane; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 330; IPC 306; IPC 323; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Shahapur Police Station, Thane; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Vasind Outpost, Shahapur Police Station; Police Constable, Shahapur Police Station, Thane (3 in record)
**Victims:** Shahapur man, age 21 (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. A Shahapur man, aged 21, was arrested on 10 June 1997 in a robbery case and remanded to police custody, where his wife alleged he was subjected to third-degree torture from 11 to 16 June 1997 until he died on the night of 16 June. Police claimed he strangled himself with a floor mat, but a second post-mortem ordered by the JMFC contradicted suicide, and the State's affidavit almost conceded torture in custody. Offences under Sections 330, 306 and 323 read with Section 34 IPC were registered against the three named officers. The Court held the death a custodial death caused by police torture, awarded Rs. 1,50,000 compensation plus Rs. 10,000 costs recoverable from the erring officials, and directed their suspension pending criminal trial or departmental enquiry.

> In the affidavit it has been almost conceded that the deceased was tortured while in the police custody.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1172230/)
**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:** 2
**display title redacted:** Shahapur Woman vs The State 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': '1998-01-15', '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': '1998 Cri LJ 1505; 1998(2) Mh LJ 410; (1999) 1 Bom LR 449', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1172230/', '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:** HC judgment verified; custodial torture death held proved, Rs. 1.5 lakh plus suspension of 3 officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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