# Delhi Man vs State and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 September 2005 in W.P.(Crl.) No. 305 of 2005, the Delhi High Court (Coram: R. S. Sodhi, J.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector, PS Bara Hindu Rao, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: DL 01 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P.(Crl.) No. 305 of 2005 / (2005) 09 DEL CK 0108
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: R. S. Sodhi, J.), 28 September 2005
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, PS Bara Hindu Rao, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In that view of the matter, I direct that an FIR be registered and investigation be carried out by the District Investigating Unit (North) and since, prima facie, a case of police brutality and custodial torture is made out, I …” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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/1277521/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2005-0018)

**Record:** CW-2005-0018 (compiler id CWC-1171); case GAP3-39-002
**Title:** Delhi Man vs State and Others
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: R. S. Sodhi
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(Crl.) No. 305 of 2005 / (2005) 09 DEL CK 0108
**Judgment:** 2005-09-28 (2005, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-10-03 (2004)
**Place:** North Delhi, Delhi; city town: Delhi; police station or unit: PS Bara Hindu Rao; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 506; IPC 34; CrPC 107; CrPC 151
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, PS Bara Hindu Rao, Delhi Police (2 in record)
**Victims:** Delhi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Delhi man alleged he was picked up on 3.10.2004 by two PS Bara Hindu Rao officials and mercilessly beaten and tortured in custody, despite an earlier High Court protection order against police harassment. The status report showed he was arrested by SI under Sections 107/151 CrPC without sufficient reasons, was not medically examined on lock-up entry, and the Body Inspection Memo showed no injury while the hospital MLC recorded beating in police custody with bruises, contusion and swelling. The Court held a prima facie case of police brutality and custodial torture was made out. It directed registration of an FIR to be investigated by the District Investigating Unit (North) and Rs 50,000 ex gratia ad interim compensation recoverable from the delinquent policeman, expressly without prejudice to the merits. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In that view of the matter, I direct that an FIR be registered and investigation be carried out by the District Investigating Unit (North) and since, prima facie, a case of police brutality and custodial torture is made out, I direct the State to pay by way of an ex gratia ad interim compensation amount of Rs. 50,000/- (rupees fifty thousand) which may be recovered from the delinquent policeman.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1277521/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/910447/akhtar-parvez-vs-state-and-others/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Delhi Man vs State and Others
**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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['officers'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2005-09-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2005) 09 DEL CK 0108', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1277521/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/910447/akhtar-parvez-vs-state-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** Prima facie custodial torture; HC ordered FIR, DIU probe and Rs 50,000 interim compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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