# Akola Man vs Superintendent of Police, Akola and Ors.

HTML version: [https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0008](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0008)

## Report card

By judgment dated 17 September 2001 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 277 of 2000, the Bombay High Court (Coram: J.N. Patel, S.K. Shah, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ramdaspeth Police Station, Akola; Police Inspector, Ramdaspeth Police Station, Akola, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.8 lakh (Rs 1,75,000).

- Register number: MH 30 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 277 of 2000 / (2002) ACJ 1307; (2002) CriLJ 914; (2002) 1 MhLJ 273; (2002) BomCR(Cri) 371
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: J.N. Patel, S.K. Shah, JJ.), 17 September 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ramdaspeth Police Station, Akola; Police Inspector, Ramdaspeth Police Station, Akola
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “only inference which the Court can draw is that the police officers who were at the relevant time on duty in the police station are responsible for the custodial violence meted out to the deceased \[name withheld\]” (at para 14)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Compensation: Rs 1.8 lakh (Rs 1,75,000).
- 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/33124/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0008)

**Record:** CW-2001-0008 (compiler id CWC-0764); case MAHARA-002; aliases: CWC-0235
**Title:** Akola Man vs Superintendent of Police, Akola and Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Nagpur; judges: J.N. Patel; S.K. Shah
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 277 of 2000 / (2002) ACJ 1307; (2002) CriLJ 914; (2002) 1 MhLJ 273; (2002) BomCR(Cri) 371
**Judgment:** 2001-09-17 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-09-30 (1999)
**Place:** Akola, Maharashtra; city town: Akola; police station or unit: Ramdaspeth Police Station, Akola; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ramdaspeth Police Station, Akola; Police Inspector, Ramdaspeth Police Station, Akola (2 in record)
**Victims:** Akola man, age 36 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** Rs 1.8 lakh (Rs 1,75,000)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. An Akola man, arrested on 29.9.1999 in Crime No. 205/1999, was found dead in the Ramdaspeth police lock-up on the morning of 30.9.1999; the post-mortem recorded 21 ante-mortem injuries (20 contusions, one abrasion) with death by syncope from multiple injuries. The Court rejected the police story blaming the watchmen and the medical officer, holding an Akola man died a homicidal death in police custody from brutal custodial torture and that the on-duty officers were responsible, the State having failed to explain the injuries or comply with the D.K. Basu guidelines. It directed the State to deposit Rs 1,75,000 compensation (Rs 75,000 for daughter \[name withheld\], Rs 50,000 each for sons and Aakash, via fixed deposits) plus Rs 5,000 costs, ordered a DIG-or-above investigation with disciplinary proceedings and prosecution of all officers on duty from arrest till death, allowed recovery from those found responsible, and ordered contempt show-cause particulars. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> only inference which the Court can draw is that the police officers who were at the relevant time on duty in the police station are responsible for the custodial violence meted out to the deceased \[name withheld\]

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/33124/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/921838/fattuji-dajiba-gedam-appellant-hash-superintendent-of-police-akola-and-others-respondent/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/118914/)
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Akola Man vs Superintendent of Police, Akola 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2001-09-17', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 175,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2002) ACJ 1307; (2002) CriLJ 914; (2002) 1 MhLJ 273; (2002) BomCR(Cri) 371', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/33124/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/921838/fattuji-dajiba-gedam-appellant-hash-superintendent-of-police-akola-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/118914/', '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:** DUPLICATE of CWC-0144: same judgment (Criminal WP 277/2000, Bombay HC, 17.9.2001, JJ J.N. Patel and S.K. Shah) under a different indiankanoon doc id (33124 vs 118914). Primary URL rate-limited (HTTP 429); full text verified via CourtKutchehry mirror. Verdict on merits: accept — custodial death by torture held proved, Rs 1,75,000 compensation plus Rs 5,000 costs, DIG-or-above investigation with disciplinary proceedings and prosecution directed, contempt show-cause ordered. Incident date corrected to death date 1999-09-30 (arrest 29-09-1999).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

[Open CW-2001-0008](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0008)