# Kuchaman City Man vs State of Rajasthan and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 May 2000, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: B.J. Shethna, J.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: RJ 37 CW 0001
- Case reference: 2000 Cri LJ 4484
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: B.J. Shethna, J.), 15 May 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 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 light of the aforesaid, there cannot be any difficulty in coming to the prima facie conclusion that the death of a Kuchaman City man was caused by the police in its custody.” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
- 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/814987/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2000-0004)

**Record:** CW-2000-0004 (compiler id CWC-0321); case RAJAST-003; aliases: CWC-1428
**Title:** Kuchaman City Man vs State of Rajasthan and Ors.
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: B.J. Shethna
**Case number / citation:** 2000 Cri LJ 4484
**Judgment:** 2000-05-15 (2000, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1997-06-17 (1997)
**Place:** Didwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan (district at time: Nagaur); city town: Kuchaman City; police station or unit: Kuchaman City Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 226; IPC 302; IPC 342; IPC 323; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station; Constable, Kuchaman City Police Station (5 in record)
**Victims:** Kuchaman City man, age 25 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court allowed an Article 226 writ petition filed by Mst. Madina, the 23-year-old widow of a Kuchaman City man, who died in police custody within three hours of being detained on 17 June 1997 for alleged theft of a guar gum bag. The post-mortem examination revealed that a Kuchaman City man died from haemorrhagic shock resulting from kidney injuries sustained through third-degree torture at Kuchaman City Police Station. Rejecting the State argument that disputed facts barred writ jurisdiction, the Court held that the custodial death was undisputed on record and directed the State of Rajasthan to pay Rs. 3,00,000 as interim compensation to the widow and four minor children, with directions to recover the amount proportionately from the erring police officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the light of the aforesaid, there cannot be any difficulty in coming to the prima facie conclusion that the death of a Kuchaman City man was caused by the police in its custody.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/814987/); [api.sci.gov.in](https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2013/18545/18545_2013_Judgement_15-Sep-2017.pdf); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609a491e4b01497113f6e2a)
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Kuchaman City Man vs State of Rajasthan 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': \['court_quote'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2000-05-15', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2000 Cri LJ 4484', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/814987/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2013/18545/18545_2013_Judgement_15-Sep-2017.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609a491e4b01497113f6e2a', '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:** Rajasthan High Court awarded Rs 3,00,000 interim compensation under Art. 226 for custodial death of a Kuchaman City man due to third-degree torture at Kuchaman City PS, recoverable from erring officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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