# Golhaura Man and Others vs State of U.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 July 2002 in Criminal M.W.P. No. 1754 of 1999, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: S.R. Singh, R.K. Dash, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Constables and officers on lock-up duty, Golhaura Police Station, Siddharthnagar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).

- Register number: UP 55 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal M.W.P. No. 1754 of 1999 / (2002) 07 AHC CK 0152; 2002 CriLJ 4546
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: S.R. Singh, R.K. Dash, JJ.), 19 July 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constables and officers on lock-up duty, Golhaura Police Station, Siddharthnagar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The aforesaid amount may be recovered by the State from the concerned police officers responsible for the death of the deceased in the police lock-up.” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/346569/siddhu-and-others-vs-state-of-up-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0014)

**Record:** CW-2002-0014 (compiler id CWC-0742); case GAP3-003
**Title:** Golhaura Man and Others vs State of U.P. and Others
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: S.R. Singh; R.K. Dash
**Case number / citation:** Criminal M.W.P. No. 1754 of 1999 / (2002) 07 AHC CK 0152; 2002 CriLJ 4546
**Judgment:** 2002-07-19 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-10-16 (1998)
**Place:** Siddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Golhaura; police station or unit: Golhaura Police Station, Siddharthnagar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 384; IPC 342; IPC 323; IPC 201; IPC 504; IPC 506; SC/ST Act 1989 s.3
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constables and officers on lock-up duty, Golhaura Police Station, Siddharthnagar (1 in record)
**Victims:** Golhaura man, age 27 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Allahabad High Court records the following account. A Golhaura man, aged 27, was arrested on 14 October 1998 in a kidnapping case and kept in the Golhaura police lock-up for three days, where the family alleged he was beaten to death. Police claimed he hanged himself, obtained a post-mortem report of hanging and cremated the body; an FIR for murder was later registered against police personnel on a Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. direction. The Division Bench rejected the suicide plea as too big a pill to be swallowed, held the police officers and the autopsy doctor acted hand in glove to fabricate the post-mortem report, and found D.K. Basu safeguards violated. It allowed the writ petition, directed Rs. 2,50,000 compensation (Rs. 1,50,000 to parents, Rs. 1,00,000 to the widow) recoverable from the responsible police officers, and left criminal liability to the pending CBCID murder investigation.

> The aforesaid amount may be recovered by the State from the concerned police officers responsible for the death of the deceased in the police lock-up.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/346569/siddhu-and-others-vs-state-of-up-and-others/)
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** Golhaura Man and Others vs State of U.P. 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para', 'sections'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2002-07-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 250,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2002) 07 AHC CK 0152; 2002 CriLJ 4546', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/346569/siddhu-and-others-vs-state-of-up-and-others/', '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:** HC judgment verified; lock-up torture death held proved, Rs. 2.5 lakh compensation recoverable from police.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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