CW-2001-0010Rangareddy, TelanganaJudgment 20 November 2001

Moinabad Man vs SHO, Narsingi Police Station and Ors.

The judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court records the following account. A Moinabad man was arrested by Moinabad and Narsingi police on suspicion of murdering his missing brother-in-law, detained unlawfully across different police stations for 42 days, and subjected to severe custodial torture including being kicked with boots and forced to drink urine to extract a confession. The torture ceased only after the supposedly deceased brother-in-law was found alive and working in a factory. On a taken-up writ petition prompted by a press report, the High Court directed an enquiry by the District Judge, which confirmed the illegal detention and brutal third-degree torture by the Inspector, Sub-Inspector, and constables. The High Court ordered the State to pay Rs 1,00,000 in compensation to the victim, with liberty to recover the sum from the guilty police officers, and directed the Superintendent of Police to initiate departmental and criminal proceedings. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 20 November 2001, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.B. Sinha, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Narsingi Police Circle; Sub-Inspector of Police, Moinabad Police Station; Head Constable (HC 469), Moinabad Police Station; Constable (PC 1754), Moinabad Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

Register number
TG 07 CW 0007
Case reference
2002 (1) ALD 80
Court and date
Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.B. Sinha, J.), 20 November 2001
Officer(s) at the material time
Inspector of Police, Narsingi Police Circle; Sub-Inspector of Police, Moinabad Police Station; Head Constable (HC 469), Moinabad Police Station; Constable (PC 1754), Moinabad Police Station
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“A case is made out that a Moinabad man was detained for 42 days. It is also the finding of the learned District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy, that the officers named hereinabove practised atrocities and ill-treatment against a Moinabad …” (at para 10)
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.

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment dated 20 November 2001 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial torturePrimary
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.

“A case is made out that a Moinabad man was detained for 42 days. It is also the finding of the learned District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy, that the officers named hereinabove practised atrocities and ill-treatment against a Moinabad …” (para 10)

Institutional response

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20 Nov 2001

Order issued

Concluded
Andhra Pradesh High Court External · Binding

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: 2002 (1) ALD 80
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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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