# Malkapur Man vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 July 2001 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 312 of 1999, the Bombay High Court (Coram: J.N. Patel, J., P.V. Hardas, J., JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Malkapur police, Buldhana district; Police Constable, Police Station (Rural), Malkapur; Police personnel, Malkapur police, Buldhana district; Police personnel, Malkapur police, Buldhana district, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 15,000.

- Register number: MH 28 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 312 of 1999 / (2002) 104 BOMLR 34; (2001) 4 MhLj 601
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: J.N. Patel, J., P.V. Hardas, J., JJ.), 27 July 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Malkapur police, Buldhana district; Police Constable, Police Station (Rural), Malkapur; Police personnel, Malkapur police, Buldhana district; Police personnel, Malkapur police, Buldhana district
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We have already come to the conclusion that the petitioner was tortured in Police Custody which was illegal, causing him serious injuries and further came to be detained under the impugned order illegally and unauthorisedly, without following the procedure provided …” (at para 20)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 15,000.
- 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/1562282/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0014)

**Record:** CW-2001-0014 (compiler id CWC-1137); case GAP3-20-004
**Title:** Malkapur Man vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Nagpur; judges: J.N. Patel, J.; P.V. Hardas, J.
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 312 of 1999 / (2002) 104 BOMLR 34; (2001) 4 MhLj 601
**Judgment:** 2001-07-27 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-10-24 (1999)
**Place:** Buldhana, Maharashtra; city town: Malkapur; police station or unit: Police Station (Rural), Malkapur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.21; Constitution Art.226; CrPC 107; CrPC 110; IPC 353
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Malkapur police, Buldhana district; Police Constable, Police Station (Rural), Malkapur; Police personnel, Malkapur police, Buldhana district; Police personnel, Malkapur police, Buldhana district (4 in record)
**Victims:** Malkapur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 15,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) held that journalist Surendra Taori of Malkapur was mercilessly beaten by police officers in Rural Police Station custody on 24 October 1999, sustaining serious injuries including to his right eye, after reporting on police malpractice. The court further held he was illegally detained from 23 to 30 October 1999 under Chapter VIII CrPC proceedings before a police officer acting as Special Executive Magistrate, without following ss.111 and 116 CrPC and in violation of Articles 14 and 21. It directed the State to pay Rs. 15,000 compensation plus Rs. 5,000 costs within four weeks and to take suitable action against the guilty officers (respondent Nos. 3 to 6), with liberty to recover the sum from those found responsible. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We have already come to the conclusion that the petitioner was tortured in Police Custody which was illegal, causing him serious injuries and further came to be detained under the impugned order illegally and unauthorisedly, without following the procedure provided under Sections 111 and 116 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1562282/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/821081/surendra-ramchandra-taori-vs-state-of-maharashtra-and-others/)
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Malkapur Man vs State of Maharashtra & 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': '2001-07-27', '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 15,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2002) 104 BOMLR 34; (2001) 4 MhLj 601', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1562282/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/821081/surendra-ramchandra-taori-vs-state-of-maharashtra-and-others/', '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:** HC found custodial torture + illegal detention; Rs 15,000 compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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