# Bhandara Man vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 April 2003 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 287 of 2000, the Bombay High Court (Coram: R.M.S. Khandeparkar, J., P.S. Brahme, J., JJ.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: MH 36 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 287 of 2000 / 2003(2) ALD (Cri) 122; 2003(4) MHLJ 436
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: R.M.S. Khandeparkar, J., P.S. Brahme, J., JJ.), 30 April 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The deceased being victim of barbaric treatment by the servants of the State, it is primarily the responsibility of the State to pay the compensation with the right to recover the same from its servants who are responsible for the …” (at para 22)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
- 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/1599372/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0018)

**Record:** CW-2003-0018 (compiler id CWC-1135); case GAP3-20-002
**Title:** Bhandara Man vs State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: R.M.S. Khandeparkar, J.; P.S. Brahme, J.
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 287 of 2000 / 2003(2) ALD (Cri) 122; 2003(4) MHLJ 436
**Judgment:** 2003-04-30 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-01-01 (2000)
**Place:** Bhandara, Maharashtra; city town: Bhandara; police station or unit: Central Jail, Bhandara; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art.21; Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara (5 in record)
**Victims:** Bhandara man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court held that undertrial a Bhandara man died a custodial death in Central Jail, Bhandara after five named personnel forced him into wrestling practice, fracturing his waist and neck bones; he was hospitalised in January 2000 and death was reported on 8 February 2000. The court found him a victim of barbaric treatment by servants of the State and directed the State to pay his widow Rs. 3,00,000 compensation plus Rs. 2,000 costs. It further ordered an inquiry fixing responsibility, recovery of the sum from those responsible, and initiation of legal proceedings against all persons responsible for the death, with compliance reports due in 2003-2004. A criminal proceeding against one jail staff member was already on record. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The deceased being victim of barbaric treatment by the servants of the State, it is primarily the responsibility of the State to pay the compensation with the right to recover the same from its servants who are responsible for the custodial death of Anil after holding inquiry in that regard and fixing the liability.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1599372/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1022868/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/814108/shobha-londase-vs-state-of-maharashtra-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:** 22
**display title redacted:** Bhandara 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2003-04-30', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2003(2) ALD (Cri) 122; 2003(4) MHLJ 436', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1599372/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1022868/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/814108/shobha-londase-vs-state-of-maharashtra-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 found custodial death; Rs 3L compensation; jail staff called police personnel in judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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