# Moinabad Man vs SHO, Narsingi Police Station and Ors.

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1847341/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0010)

**Record:** CW-2001-0010 (compiler id CWC-0384); case TELANG-007
**Title:** Moinabad Man vs SHO, Narsingi Police Station and Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: S.B. Sinha
**Case number / citation:** 2002 (1) ALD 80
**Judgment:** 2001-11-20 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-08-01 (2001)
**Place:** Rangareddy, Telangana; city town: Moinabad; police station or unit: Moinabad Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** 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 (4 in record)
**Victims:** Moinabad man, age 26 (1 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. 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.

> 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 man

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1847341/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Moinabad Man vs SHO, Narsingi Police Station 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2001-11-20', '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': '2002 (1) ALD 80', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1847341/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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 42 days illegal detention and third-degree custodial torture, recoverable from guilty officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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