# Bilaspur Man v. State of Chhattisgarh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 12 March 2001 in Cri. M.P. under Section 482 CrPC (Criminal Case No. 3567/2000; Crime No. 12/2000, PS Torwa), the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: R. S. Garg, J.) returned findings adverse to the Head Constable (No. 861), Police Station Torwa, Bilaspur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: CG 10 CW 0001
- Case reference: Cri. M.P. under Section 482 CrPC (Criminal Case No. 3567/2000; Crime No. 12/2000, PS Torwa) / 2001(3) MPHT 93 (CG)
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: R. S. Garg, J.), 12 March 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable (No. 861), Police Station Torwa, Bilaspur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 41(1)(d) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Mr. \[name withheld\], Head Constable, shall pay a sum of Rs. 10,000/- to the present applicant as compensation for false/mischievous/illegal arrest and filing cooked-up and manufactured challan.” (at para 31)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. 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/1862739/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0001)

**Record:** CW-2001-0001 (compiler id CWC-0088); case CHHATT-018
**Title:** Bilaspur Man v. State of Chhattisgarh
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: R. S. Garg
**Case number / citation:** Cri. M.P. under Section 482 CrPC (Criminal Case No. 3567/2000; Crime No. 12/2000, PS Torwa) / 2001(3) MPHT 93 (CG)
**Judgment:** 2001-03-12 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-06-22 (2000)
**Place:** Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh; city town: Bilaspur; police station or unit: Police Station Torwa, Bilaspur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 41(1)(d); IPC 379
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable (No. 861), Police Station Torwa, Bilaspur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bilaspur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; Rs 10,000
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Justice R.S. Garg quashed the prosecution of a Bilaspur man (Crime No. 12/2000, PS Torwa) launched on an anonymous inland letter alleging rickshaw-pullers possessed Rs 5 lakh of found money. Head Constable raided on 22 June 2000, seized Rs 8,000, extracted a custodial admission that it was bad money, locked up the accused and filed a challan under Section 41(1)(d) CrPC/379 IPC though no complaint of lost or stolen property existed. Holding the arrest false, mischievous and illegal and the challan cooked-up, the Court ordered the constable to personally pay Rs 10,000 compensation, return the seized money, and directed the CJM to lodge a criminal complaint against him. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Mr. \[name withheld\], Head Constable, shall pay a sum of Rs. 10,000/- to the present applicant as compensation for false/mischievous/illegal arrest and filing cooked-up and manufactured challan.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1862739/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/897896/sheoprasad-appellant-hash-state-of-chhattisgarh-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** 31
**display title redacted:** Bilaspur Man v. State of Chhattisgarh
**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': '2001-03-12', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Chhattisgarh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Chhattisgarh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 10,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2001(3) MPHT 93 (CG)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1862739/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/897896/sheoprasad-appellant-hash-state-of-chhattisgarh-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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:** Cooked-up challan quashed; constable to personally pay Rs 10,000 and face criminal complaint.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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