CW-2001-0005Kalaburagi, KarnatakaJudgment 18 August 2001

Kalaburagi Man and Another vs State of Karnataka and Others

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. A Kalaburagi man, who had demanded back Rs 25,000 paid for a promised job, was falsely implicated at the recipient's instance, illegally detained at Chowk PS from 16 May 1992, briefly escaped, was handed by the ASI to PSI, and died in the Station Bazar lock-up on 19 June 1992. On the undisputed COD report, the Karnataka High Court found month-long illegal detention without production before court in conspiracy with the complainant, and fixed tortious liability on the State. The court awarded the mother 2 lakh with 6 percent per annum interest from the date of illegal detention, ordered the State to recover proportionately from the guilty personnel, and directed disciplinary proceedings within four weeks. The pending Sessions trial against 22 charge-sheeted accused was left to proceed independently.

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Report card

By judgment dated 18 August 2001 in Writ Petition (number not stated in reported text), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: V. Gopala Gowda, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Veerabhadrappa (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Police Sub-Inspector, Station Bazar PS, Gulbarga, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

Register number
KA 32 CW 0001
Case reference
Writ Petition (number not stated in reported text) / ILR 2004 KAR 3052
Court and date
Karnataka High Court (Coram: V. Gopala Gowda, J.), 18 August 2001
Officer(s) at the material time
Veerabhadrappa (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Police Sub-Inspector, Station Bazar PS, Gulbarga
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“It is crystal clear that Veerabhadrappa, A.S.I., took the law into his own hands and kept a Kalaburagi man in illegal detention for more than a month without producing him before the concerned Court.” (at para 5)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Karnataka High Court judgment dated 18 August 2001 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“It is crystal clear that Veerabhadrappa, A.S.I., took the law into his own hands and kept a Kalaburagi man in illegal detention for more than a month without producing him before the concerned Court.” (para 5)

Institutional response

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18 Aug 2001

Order issued

Concluded
Karnataka High Court External · Binding

The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: ILR 2004 KAR 3052
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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