# Girwan Woman v. State of U.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 February 2001 in C.M.W.P. No. 13814 of 1998, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Binod Kumar Roy, D. R. Chaudhary, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, Police Station Girwan, Banda; Head Constable, Police Station Girwan, Banda, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: UP 90 CW 0001
- Case reference: C.M.W.P. No. 13814 of 1998 / (2001) 1 AWC 839 : (2001) CriLJ 2090
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Binod Kumar Roy, D. R. Chaudhary, JJ.), 7 February 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Police Station Girwan, Banda; Head Constable, Police Station Girwan, Banda
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3(1) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The injuries on head are apparently on account of custodial violence in the police station. From the materials on the record, this much is clear to us that a Girwan man's fundamental right to have liberty of life was breached …” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/285868/smt-chandania-vs-state-of-up-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0013)

**Record:** CW-2001-0013 (compiler id CWC-0935); case GAP2-1-002
**Title:** Girwan Woman v. State of U.P. and Others
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Binod Kumar Roy; D. R. Chaudhary
**Case number / citation:** C.M.W.P. No. 13814 of 1998 / (2001) 1 AWC 839 : (2001) CriLJ 2090
**Judgment:** 2001-02-07 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-04-12 (1994)
**Place:** Banda, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Girwan; police station or unit: Police Station Girwan, Banda; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 304; IPC 218; IPC 193; IPC 201; SC/ST Act 1989 s.3(1); Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Police Station Girwan, Banda; Head Constable, Police Station Girwan, Banda (2 in record)
**Victims:** Girwan man, age 42 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Allahabad High Court (Division Bench, 7-2-2001) held that the beating of a Girwan man, aged 42, by the Station House Officer and head constable of Police Station Girwan, Banda, on 12 April 1994, causing head injuries that led to his death on 14 April 1994, breached his fundamental right to life under Article 21. The court found the head injuries were apparently on account of custodial violence in the police station and applied the strict-liability principle in Nilabati Behera and D.K. Basu. It ordered the State to pay the widow Rs.1,50,000 compensation within three months (in addition to Rs.10,000 ex gratia already paid), with liberty to be indemnified by the wrongdoers, without prejudice to the pending criminal trial. The court also directed the State to arrest the two absconding policemen and inquire into salary payments to them with disciplinary action against those responsible. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The injuries on head are apparently on account of custodial violence in the police station. From the materials on the record, this much is clear to us that a Girwan man's fundamental right to have liberty of life was breached by the S.H.O. and the head constable of the police station concerned.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/285868/smt-chandania-vs-state-of-up-and-others/)
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Girwan Woman v. State of U.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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['sections'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2001-02-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2001) 1 AWC 839 : (2001) CriLJ 2090', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/285868/smt-chandania-vs-state-of-up-and-others/', '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:** HC held Article 21 breach by named SHO and head constable; Rs.1.5 lakh compensation ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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