# Makthal Woman vs \[name withheld\] and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 January 2003, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: V.V.S. Rao, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector of Police, Makthal Police Station; Police Constable, Makthal Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: TG 38 CW 0001
- Case reference: 2003 (2) ALD 49
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: V.V.S. Rao, J.), 29 January 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police, Makthal Police Station; Police Constable, Makthal Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A Makthal man was subjected to unreasonable inhuman and degrading pre-trial and pre-remand detention which is ex facie unconstitutional.” (at para 44)
- 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1786570/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0001)

**Record:** CW-2003-0001 (compiler id CWC-0385); case TELANG-008
**Title:** Makthal Woman vs \[name withheld\] and Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: V.V.S. Rao
**Case number / citation:** 2003 (2) ALD 49
**Judgment:** 2003-01-29 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-05-14 (2001)
**Place:** Narayanpet, Telangana (district at time: Mahbubnagar); city town: Makthal; police station or unit: Makthal Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 226; IPC 302
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police, Makthal Police Station; Police Constable, Makthal Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Makthal man; Makthal woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court records the following account. A Makthal man of Karni village was apprehended on 9 May 2001 by Sub-Inspector and staff of Makthal Police Station as a suspect in his first wife death and held in unrecorded, illegal lock-up for five days without being produced before a magistrate. On 14 May 2001, while under severe mental strain and fleeing police custody, he climbed a 60-foot electric transmission tower and jumped to his death. On a writ petition by his widow, the High Court held that the deceased was subjected to unconstitutional, degrading detention violating fundamental rights and D.K. Basu guidelines. The Court ordered the State to pay Rs 50,000 in compensation to the widow (recoverable from the Sub-Inspector), directed the Superintendent of Police to register a murder case under Section 302 IPC and initiate disciplinary proceedings, and initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against the officer. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> A Makthal man was subjected to unreasonable inhuman and degrading pre-trial and pre-remand detention which is ex facie unconstitutional.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1786570/)
**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:** 44
**display title redacted:** Makthal Woman 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2003-01-29', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2003 (2) ALD 49', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1786570/', '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:** High Court awarded Rs 50,000 compensation under Art. 226 for illegal 5-day lock-up preceding detainee death, ordered s.302 FIR and departmental action.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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