# Mysuru Woman & Anr. vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 October 2002, the Karnataka High Court (Coram: R. Gururajan, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Circle Inspector of Police ('C' Division), Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Police official, Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Police official, Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Woman Head Constable (WHC 88), Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: KA 09 CW 0001
- Case reference: 2003 Cri LJ 1003; ILR 2002 Kant 5230
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: R. Gururajan, J.), 28 October 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Circle Inspector of Police ('C' Division), Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Police official, Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Police official, Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Woman Head Constable (WHC 88), Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Rule of law is the basic foundation of the democracy.” (at para 12)
- 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/778542/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0008)

**Record:** CW-2002-0008 (compiler id CWC-0187); case KARNAT-002
**Title:** Mysuru Woman & Anr. vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; judges: R. Gururajan
**Case number / citation:** 2003 Cri LJ 1003; ILR 2002 Kant 5230
**Judgment:** 2002-10-28 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-05-04 (1993)
**Place:** Mysuru, Karnataka; city town: Mysuru; police station or unit: Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Article 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Circle Inspector of Police ('C' Division), Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Police official, Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Police official, Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru; Woman Head Constable (WHC 88), Devaraja Police Station, Mysuru (4 in record)
**Victims:** Mysuru woman, age 48 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. a woman, a 48-year-old maidservant, was taken to Devaraja Police Station on 4 May 1993 for interrogation in her employer's theft complaint and kept upstairs without a woman guard; she alleged her fingernails were pressed and she was threatened with stripping and gang rape. Fearing torture she jumped from the second floor and suffered grievous fractures leaving permanent disability in her right hand and leg, while the theft case ended in a C-report. The department exonerated three officials and let WHC \[name withheld\] off with a censure on appeal. The High Court found police excesses violating Article 21, awarded Rs 2,00,000 compensation (Rs 1,50,000 in fixed deposit, Rs 50,000 cash, 12% interest on default) plus Rs 5,000 costs to Samata Vedike, and directed the DGP to re-examine the departmental proceedings and take remedial action. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Rule of law is the basic foundation of the democracy.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/778542/)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 12
**display title redacted:** Mysuru Woman & Anr. vs The State of Karnataka & 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2002-10-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka 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 Cri LJ 1003; ILR 2002 Kant 5230', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/778542/', '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 found police excesses drove maidservant Nanjamma to jump from the station's second floor and awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation plus Rs 5,000 costs, directing the DGP to re-examine departmental action.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 48, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a woman'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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