# D.G. & I.G. of Police and Others v. Prem Sagar and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 April 1999, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: G.B. Pattanaik, N. Santosh Hegde, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Andhra Pradesh Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 20,000.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0014
- Case reference: (1999) 5 SCC 700
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: G.B. Pattanaik, N. Santosh Hegde, JJ.), 13 April 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Andhra Pradesh Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We do not find any error committed by the High Court in accepting the report of the learned Sessions Judge and in coming to the conclusion that a Kurnool man was illegally detained for a period of one month and …” (at para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 20,000.
- 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/881041/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0003)

**Record:** CW-1999-0003 (compiler id CWC-0624); case SWILLEGA-054
**Title:** D.G. & I.G. of Police and Others v. Prem Sagar and Another
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: G.B. Pattanaik; N. Santosh Hegde
**Case number / citation:** (1999) 5 SCC 700
**Judgment:** 1999-04-13 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-01-01 (1992)
**Place:** Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh; city town: Kurnool; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Andhra Pradesh Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kurnool man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 20,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Supreme Court dismissed the State appeals, affirming the Andhra Pradesh High Court direction to pay Rs 20,000 compensation for the one-month illegal and unauthorised detention of a Kurnool man His relatives filed habeas corpus on 15 October 1992 alleging detention since 26 September 1992; police claimed arrest only on 28 October 1992, but the Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, inquiring with witnesses, found much earlier arrest and continuous police custody till production before the AJM First Class, Kurnool, though the responsible officer could not be located. The Court found sufficient material for the conclusion that the detention was wholly illegal and declined interference. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We do not find any error committed by the High Court in accepting the report of the learned Sessions Judge and in coming to the conclusion that a Kurnool man was illegally detained for a period of one month and for such illegal detention awarding compensation to the tune of Rs 20,000.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/881041/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ad57e4b01497114111d4)
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** D.G. & I.G. of Police and Others v. Prem Sagar 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': '1999-04-13', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 20,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1999) 5 SCC 700', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/881041/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ad57e4b01497114111d4', '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:** SC affirmed Rs 20K for one-month illegal detention of a Kurnool man; State appeals dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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