# State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. Banda Woman & Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 November 2003, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S. P. Khare, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 75,000.

- Register number: MP 15 CW 0001
- Case reference: I (2006) ACC 405
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S. P. Khare, J.), 27 November 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Banda police)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 300 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The house of the plaintiffs was just at a 10 ft. height from the ground and, therefore, it is clear that so far as the plaintiffs are concerned, the act of the police officer was negligent. This negligence was qua …” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 75,000.
- 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/1040449/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0023)

**Record:** CW-2003-0023 (compiler id CWC-0819); case GAP2-33-004
**Title:** State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. Banda Woman & Anr.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: S. P. Khare
**Case number / citation:** I (2006) ACC 405
**Judgment:** 2003-11-27 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-12-26 (1989)
**Place:** Sagar, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Banda; police station or unit: Banda police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CPC s.96; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 300
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named
**Victims:** Banda woman; Banda woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 75,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Replace final sentence with the recorded police version: defendants' case was that students and anti-social elements resorted to violence, so police fired in the air without aiming at anyone to protect public and government property. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The house of the plaintiffs was just at a 10 ft. height from the ground and, therefore, it is clear that so far as the plaintiffs are concerned, the act of the police officer was negligent. This negligence was qua the plaintiffs.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1040449/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56097929e4b014971133c71f); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/577972/state-of-madhya-pradesh-and-another-vs-shantibai-and-another/)
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. Banda Woman & Anr.
**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': '2003-11-27', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 75,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'I (2006) ACC 405', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1040449/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56097929e4b014971133c71f', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/577972/state-of-madhya-pradesh-and-another-vs-shantibai-and-another/', '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:** Judgment corroborated across 4 mirrors; negligence finding and decree confirmed on appeal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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