CW-2002-0010Eluru, Andhra PradeshJudgment 21 November 2002

Chintalapudi Woman vs The Station House Officer and Ors.

The High Court found that the Sub-Inspectors of T. Narasapuram and Chintalapudi Police Stations maliciously foisted false extortion and robbery charges against practicing advocate a Chintalapudi man in retaliation for filing a private complaint against police brutality. The police arrested him at 2 a.m., misled the Magistrate to deny bail, and unlawfully detained him for nearly 20 days. The Court quashed the criminal cases as an abuse of process, held that the officers violated Article 21, and directed the State to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to the advocate with directions to recover the sum from the two officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 21 November 2002 in W.P. Nos. 21782 and 22006 of 2002, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: B.S.A. Swamy, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, T. Narasapuram Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Chintalapudi Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

Register number
AP 39 CW 0020
Case reference
W.P. Nos. 21782 and 22006 of 2002 / 2003 (1) ALT (Cri) 112, 2003 Cri LJ 1404
Court and date
Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: B.S.A. Swamy, J.), 21 November 2002
Officer(s) at the material time
Sub-Inspector of Police, T. Narasapuram Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Chintalapudi Police Station
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 light of the sequence of events, we hold that the police foisted the complaints against Mr. A Chintalapudi man, in retaliation to the private complaint filed by him on behalf of one Marudodla Savitri.” (at para 30)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment dated 21 November 2002 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“In the light of the sequence of events, we hold that the police foisted the complaints against Mr. A Chintalapudi man, in retaliation to the private complaint filed by him on behalf of one Marudodla Savitri.” (para 30)

Institutional response

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21 Nov 2002

Order issued

Concluded
Andhra Pradesh High Court External · Binding

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: 2003 (1) ALT (Cri) 112, 2003 Cri LJ 1404
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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