# Aurangabad Man vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 March 2003 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 431 of 2001, the Bombay High Court (Coram: B.B. Vagyani, J., A.S. Bagga, J., JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, City Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

- Register number: MH 20 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 431 of 2001 / (2003) 105 BOMLR 302; 2003(2) ALD (Cri) 82
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: B.B. Vagyani, J., A.S. Bagga, J., JJ.), 13 March 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, City Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having examined the case of the petitioner, in the light of the pronouncements of the Supreme Court referred above, we are of the clear opinion that the arrest and detention of the petitioner was unjustified. The arrest and detention of …” (at para 28)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25,000.
- 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/1034368/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0016)

**Record:** CW-2003-0016 (compiler id CWC-1134); case GAP3-20-001
**Title:** Aurangabad Man vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: B.B. Vagyani, J.; A.S. Bagga, J.
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 431 of 2001 / (2003) 105 BOMLR 302; 2003(2) ALD (Cri) 82
**Judgment:** 2003-03-13 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-04-28 (2001)
**Place:** Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Aurangabad); city town: Aurangabad; police station or unit: City Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.21; Constitution Art.22; Constitution Art.226; CrPC 41
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, City Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Aurangabad man, age 76 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Replace 'with a B Summary sought' with 'and moved the Magistrate for discharge of the petitioner (para 8)'. The judgment never uses the term 'B Summary'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Having examined the case of the petitioner, in the light of the pronouncements of the Supreme Court referred above, we are of the clear opinion that the arrest and detention of the petitioner was unjustified. The arrest and detention of the petitioner was mischievous and malicious. The fundamental right of the petitioner has been abrogated by illegal arrest and detention.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1034368/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/782579/dinkarrao-pole-vs-the-state-of-maharashtra-and-others/)
**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:** 28
**display title redacted:** Aurangabad Man vs State of Maharashtra & 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2003-03-13', '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 25,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2003) 105 BOMLR 302; 2003(2) ALD (Cri) 82', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1034368/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/782579/dinkarrao-pole-vs-the-state-of-maharashtra-and-others/', '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:** HC held arrest/detention malicious; Rs 25,000 compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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