CW-2005-0016Sagar, Madhya PradeshJudgment 22 August 2005

Banda Boy vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.

The younger deceased was seven years old per the court's findings (paras 2, 7) — standing on his house terrace; the 17-year-old was not part of the active mob. Remove '(8)'/'(17)' duplications. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 22 August 2005, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: R.V. Raveendran, A.K. Patnaik, Dipak Misra, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000).

Register number
MP 15 CW 0002
Case reference
AIR 2006 MP 28; 2005(4) MPHT 260; 2006 ACJ 2262
Court and date
Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: R.V. Raveendran, A.K. Patnaik, Dipak Misra, JJ.), 22 August 2005
Officer(s) at the material time
Not identified in the cited sources (Madhya Pradesh Police, Banda (Sagar district))
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)
“In our considered view the death had occurred due to recklessness of the police.” (at para 8)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment dated 22 August 2005 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“In our considered view the death had occurred due to recklessness of the police.” (para 8)

Institutional response

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22 Aug 2005

Order issued

Concluded
Madhya Pradesh High Court External · Binding

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 400,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: AIR 2006 MP 28; 2005(4) MPHT 260; 2006 ACJ 2262
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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