# Koppal Man & Ors. vs State of Karnataka & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 March 2003, the Karnataka High Court (Coram: Chandrashekaraiah, J.) returned findings adverse to the R. N. Byrappa (Police Inspector), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 45,000.

- Register number: KA 37 CW 0001
- Case reference: ILR 2003 Kar 2357; 2003 (3) Kar LJ 395
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: Chandrashekaraiah, J.), 20 March 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: R. N. Byrappa (Police Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “respondent 6 has virtually interfered with the liberty of the petitioners and thereby caused damage to their reputation in handcuffing and parading in the open streets.” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 45,000.
- 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/803602/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0004)

**Record:** CW-2003-0004 (compiler id CWC-0190); case KARNAT-005
**Title:** Koppal Man & Ors. vs State of Karnataka & Ors.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; judges: Chandrashekaraiah
**Case number / citation:** ILR 2003 Kar 2357; 2003 (3) Kar LJ 395
**Judgment:** 2003-03-20 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-11-20 (1998)
**Place:** Koppal, Karnataka; city town: Koppal; police station or unit: Koppal Police Station, Koppal; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Article 21; Article 22(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** R. N. Byrappa (Police Inspector) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Koppal man; Koppal man; Koppal man (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 45,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Three men arrested on 19 November 1998 (falsely shown as arrested on 20 November to feign production within 24 hours) were handcuffed, chained and paraded in briefs only through the streets of Koppal from the police station to the Magistrate's residence on the evening of 20 November 1998. A departmental enquiry whitewashed the incident, so the High Court ordered a CBI enquiry, which proved the arrest-date falsification and the parading. The High Court held respondent No. 6, Inspector, had interfered with the petitioners' liberty and damaged their reputation in violation of Articles 21 and 22(2) and the Karnataka Police Manual, and directed him personally to pay Rs 15,000 to each petitioner (Rs 45,000 total) within three months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> respondent 6 has virtually interfered with the liberty of the petitioners and thereby caused damage to their reputation in handcuffing and parading in the open streets.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/803602/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Koppal Man & Ors. vs 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': '2003-03-20', '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 45,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'ILR 2003 Kar 2357; 2003 (3) Kar LJ 395', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/803602/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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 held Inspector personally liable for handcuffing, chaining and parading three arrestees half-naked and directed him to pay Rs 15,000 to each.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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