# Rajahmundry Man (Rajahmundry Man) vs \[name withheld\] and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 October 2002 in W.P. Nos. 19666 of 1999 and 3785 of 2000, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: B. Sudershan Reddy, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry; Police Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry; Head Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 75,000.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0018
- Case reference: W.P. Nos. 19666 of 1999 and 3785 of 2000 / 2002 (6) ALT 46, 2002 (2) ALT (Cri) 518
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: B. Sudershan Reddy, J.), 3 October 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry; Police Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry; Head Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry
- 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
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the instant case, we have no doubt whatsoever that the respondents-police personnel are jointly and severally responsible for the torture of the petitioner in the police station resulting in violation of his fundamental right guaranteed by Article 21 of …” (at para 34)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 75,000.
- 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/1296773/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0006)

**Record:** CW-2002-0006 (compiler id CWC-0010); case ANDHRA-010
**Title:** Rajahmundry Man (Rajahmundry Man) vs \[name withheld\] and Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: B. Sudershan Reddy
**Case number / citation:** W.P. Nos. 19666 of 1999 and 3785 of 2000 / 2002 (6) ALT 46, 2002 (2) ALT (Cri) 518
**Judgment:** 2002-10-03 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-08-08 (1999)
**Place:** East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh; city town: Rajahmundry; police station or unit: II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry; 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
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry; Police Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry; Head Constable, II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry (8 in record)
**Victims:** Rajahmundry man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 75,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The High Court found that police personnel of II Town Police Station, Rajahmundry dragged a Rajahmundry man from his house on 8 August 1999, illegally detained him, and beat him with lathis for about four hours in the station causing multiple injuries. Accepting the enquiry report of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, which examined 23 witnesses and rejected the officers alibi defence, the Court held the torture violated the petitioner fundamental right under Article 21 regardless of his alleged bootlegging record. The Court directed the State to pay Rs 75,000 compensation plus Rs 2,500 costs to the Legal Services Authority, to fix individual responsibility and prosecute the guilty personnel, with liberty to recover the amount from them. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the instant case, we have no doubt whatsoever that the respondents-police personnel are jointly and severally responsible for the torture of the petitioner in the police station resulting in violation of his fundamental right guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1296773/)
**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:** 34
**display title redacted:** Rajahmundry Man (Rajahmundry Man) vs \[name withheld\] 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['sections'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2002-10-03', '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 75,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2002 (6) ALT 46, 2002 (2) ALT (Cri) 518', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1296773/', '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:** Single Judge held II Town PS Rajahmundry police jointly and severally responsible for custodial torture of petitioner and awarded Rs 75,000 compensation plus Rs 2,500 costs.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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