# Aurangabad Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 February 2002, the Bombay High Court (Coram: S.S. Parkar, D.S. Zoting, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Special Squad, Aurangabad City police; Head Constable, Kranti Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad; Police personnel, Kranti Chowk / City Chowk / Osmanpura Police Stations, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: MH 20 CW 0001
- Case reference: 2003(2) Bom CR 215; 2002(4) Mh LJ 37
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: S.S. Parkar, D.S. Zoting, JJ.), 13 February 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Special Squad, Aurangabad City police; Head Constable, Kranti Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad; Police personnel, Kranti Chowk / City Chowk / Osmanpura Police Stations
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This is especially so when we are not in doubt that from the facts and circumstances of the case and the false story attempted to be put up by the police, the police alone are responsible for the death of …” (at para 24)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/1880596/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0001)

**Record:** CW-2002-0001 (compiler id CWC-0253); case MAHARA-012
**Title:** Aurangabad Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: S.S. Parkar; D.S. Zoting
**Case number / citation:** 2003(2) Bom CR 215; 2002(4) Mh LJ 37
**Judgment:** 2002-02-13 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-11-08 (1994)
**Place:** Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Aurangabad); city town: Aurangabad; police station or unit: Kranti Chowk Police Station (arrest by City Chowk Police); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Special Squad, Aurangabad City police; Head Constable, Kranti Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad; Police personnel, Kranti Chowk / City Chowk / Osmanpura Police Stations (2 in record)
**Victims:** Aurangabad man, age 32 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) held that an Aurangabad man, arrested on 30-10-1994 and found dead in the Kranti Chowk lock-up on the night of 8/9 November 1994 after about ten days in custody, died a homicidal custodial death following torture. The court rejected the police suicide-by-hanging story as physically impossible and a concocted cover-up, distrusted the CID inquiry as disguising police sins, and called the inquest dishonest. Holding the State liable in public law, it awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation (Rs 50,000 cash to the widow, Rs 1.5 lakh in fixed deposit for the children) plus Rs 5,000 costs. It further directed the CBI to register a case, investigate and prosecute those responsible, and ordered disciplinary proceedings against them. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This is especially so when we are not in doubt that from the facts and circumstances of the case and the false story attempted to be put up by the police, the police alone are responsible for the death of the deceased while he was in their custody.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1880596/)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** Aurangabad Man v. 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': '2002-02-13', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2003(2) Bom CR 215; 2002(4) Mh LJ 37', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1880596/', '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:** Bombay HC (Aurangabad) held homicidal custodial death; Rs 2L compensation + CBI probe ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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