# C. H. vs Government of A.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 June 2001, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Elipe Dharma Rao, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, Kunavaram Police Station; Inspector of Police, Bhadrachalam, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0016
- Case reference: 2001 (4) ALD 210
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Elipe Dharma Rao, J.), 7 June 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Kunavaram Police Station; Inspector of Police, Bhadrachalam
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “ignoring the fact that Mader poison was found during chemical analysis of viscera, which was admittedly administered by the father of the deceased only, the prosecution has charge-sheeted the petitioner falsely and made her to suffer and bear the curses …” (at para 15)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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/723998/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0004)

**Record:** CW-2001-0004 (compiler id CWC-0383); case TELANG-006
**Title:** C. H. vs Government of A.P. and Others
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: Elipe Dharma Rao
**Case number / citation:** 2001 (4) ALD 210
**Judgment:** 2001-06-07 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-11-12 (1989)
**Place:** Alluri Sitharama Raju, Andhra Pradesh (district at time: Khammam); city town: Malluru; police station or unit: Kunavaram Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 226; Constitution of India Art. 21; IPC 302
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Kunavaram Police Station; Inspector of Police, Bhadrachalam (2 in record)
**Victims:** Malluru woman, age 19; Malluru newborn (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court records the following account. The petitioner, a woman, was arrested and charge-sheeted for the murder of her husband under Section 302 IPC after he died during an epileptic seizure in November 1989. Despite forensic reports establishing that the deceased died from Mader vegetable poison administered by his own father to revive him, police pursued murder charges based on an unfounded theory that the wife gave him Musti Chekka poison. Following her acquittal by the Additional Sessions Judge, Khammam, she petitioned the High Court under Article 226 citing severe social ostracisation, wrongful lock-up, and giving birth to a daughter in prison. The High Court found the investigating and charge-sheeting officers guilty of gross negligence and lack of bona fides in falsely prosecuting her despite scientific evidence, ordering the State to pay Rs 1,00,000 as compensation for violation of her fundamental rights under Article 21. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> ignoring the fact that Mader poison was found during chemical analysis of viscera, which was admittedly administered by the father of the deceased only, the prosecution has charge-sheeted the petitioner falsely and made her to suffer and bear the curses of the society, whereas the allegation of the prosecution is that the deceased died due to Musti Chekka poison. Thus for the negligent act of the Investigating Officer - Government Servant, which culminated into untold sufferings and misery to the petitioner, the State is liable to compensate the petitioner.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/723998/)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 15
**display title redacted:** C. H. vs Government of A.P. and Others
**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': '2001-06-07', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2001 (4) ALD 210', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/723998/', '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:** High Court awarded Rs 1 lakh compensation under Art. 226 for false implication and wrongful prosecution despite forensic proof of innocence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 19, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a woman'}; {'age': 0, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a newborn girl'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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