# Banda Boy vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1476648/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2005-0016)

**Record:** CW-2005-0016 (compiler id CWC-1247); case GAP3-75-001
**Title:** Banda Boy vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: R.V. Raveendran; A.K. Patnaik; Dipak Misra
**Case number / citation:** AIR 2006 MP 28; 2005(4) MPHT 260; 2006 ACJ 2262
**Judgment:** 2005-08-22 (2005, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-03-15 (2005)
**Place:** Sagar, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Banda; police station or unit: Madhya Pradesh Police, Banda (Sagar district); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Banda boy, age 8; Banda boy, age 17 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> In our considered view the death had occurred due to recklessness of the police.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1476648/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/506461/brijendra-thakur-vs-madhya-pradesh)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 8
**display title redacted:** Banda Boy vs State of Madhya Pradesh and 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': '2005-08-22', '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 400,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIR 2006 MP 28; 2005(4) MPHT 260; 2006 ACJ 2262', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1476648/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/506461/brijendra-thakur-vs-madhya-pradesh', '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:** HC judgment verified; police firing deaths held reckless, Rs 2 lakh compensation per death.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 8, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a 8-year-old boy'}; {'age': 17, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a 17-year-old boy'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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