# Newasa Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 January 2002, the Bombay High Court (Coram: S.S. Parkar, D.S. Zoting, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: PSI (In-charge), Newasa PS, Ahilyanagar; Executive Magistrate, Newasa, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: MH 16 CW 0002
- Case reference: (2002)104BOMLR8
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: S.S. Parkar, D.S. Zoting, JJ.), 30 January 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: PSI (In-charge), Newasa PS, Ahilyanagar; Executive Magistrate, Newasa
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 41(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 113 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As we have come to the conclusion that the petitioner was kept in detention for a period of two and half days without producing him before the appropriate authority with mala fide intention without giving any explanation justifying the said …” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10,000.
- 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/1791716/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0012)

**Record:** CW-2002-0012 (compiler id CWC-0731); case SWILLEGA-089
**Title:** Newasa Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: S.S. Parkar; D.S. Zoting
**Case number / citation:** (2002)104BOMLR8
**Judgment:** 2002-01-30 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-05-05 (1990)
**Place:** Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Ahmednagar); city town: Newasa; police station or unit: Newasa Police Station, Ahilyanagar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.41(2); CrPC s.110; CrPC s.113; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 22(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** PSI (In-charge), Newasa PS, Ahilyanagar; Executive Magistrate, Newasa (2 in record)
**Victims:** Newasa man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench, Justices S.S. Parkar and D.S. Zoting) awarded symbolic compensation of Rs 10,000 to a Newasa man for a mala fide 2.5-day detention in May 1990. Arrested on 5 May 1990 on a threat complaint by a witness in an earlier criminal case against him, he was kept in custody without any magistrate's orders and produced only on 7 May 1990 in s.110 chapter proceedings, then released on a Rs 1,000 bond. The Court held arrest under s.41(2) CrPC without obtaining s.113 orders was unwarranted and unexplained, granted compensation (kept symbolic for lapse of time) payable in four weeks via the Additional Registrar, and left the State free to inquire and proceed against the erring officer including by criminal action. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> As we have come to the conclusion that the petitioner was kept in detention for a period of two and half days without producing him before the appropriate authority with mala fide intention without giving any explanation justifying the said detention, the petitioner is entitled for payment of compensation.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1791716/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Newasa Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others
**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': '2002-01-30', '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 10,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2002)104BOMLR8', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1791716/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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 judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; symbolic Rs 10,000 for mala fide 2.5-day detention matches.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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