# B. N. vs State of Gujarat & 4 Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 December 2006, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: D. H. Waghela, J.) returned findings adverse to 6 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Savarkundla police station; Police Sub-Inspector, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: GJ 14 CW 0001
- Case reference: Not stated
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: D. H. Waghela, J.), 18 December 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector, Savarkundla police station; Police Sub-Inspector, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the facts of the present case, there is no manner of doubt about violation of human rights of the deceased and the petitioner insofar as serious injuries were inflicted upon the deceased and justice was effectively denied to the …” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- 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/8766/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0013)

**Record:** CW-2006-0013 (compiler id CWC-0153); case GUJARA-006
**Title:** B. N. vs State of Gujarat & 4 Ors.
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: D. H. Waghela
**Case number / citation:** Not stated
**Judgment:** 2006-12-18 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1997-06-30 (1997)
**Place:** Amreli, Gujarat (district at time: Bhavnagar); city town: Savarkundla; police station or unit: Savarkundla police station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 176; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Savarkundla police station; Police Sub-Inspector, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station; Police Constable, Savarkundla police station (6 in record)
**Victims:** Savarkundla girl, age 13; Savarkundla woman, age 75 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Gujarat High Court held there was no doubt about violation of the human rights of a woman and her 13-year-old daughter, a 13-year-old girl, by Savarkundla police on the night of 29/30 June 1997. The Court found officers came drunk to the widow house at about 1 a.m. looking for her absconding son, dragged the girl to Mahakali Chowk and beat her with sticks, then took her to the police station where she was again beaten, after which she immolated herself and died the same afternoon. A Section 176 CrPC inquiry by the SDM held the police beating proved though abduction and rape were not proved. The Court directed Rs 1,50,000 interim compensation under Article 226, recoverable from officers found responsible, while a separate criminal case against six officials remained pending.

> In the facts of the present case, there is no manner of doubt about violation of human rights of the deceased and the petitioner insofar as serious injuries were inflicted upon the deceased and justice was effectively denied to the petitioner.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/8766/)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 12
**display title redacted:** B. N. vs State of Gujarat & 4 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': '2006-12-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Gujarat High Court judgment 2006-12-18', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/8766/', '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:** Gujarat HC judgment verified; human-rights violation established, Rs 1.5 lakh interim compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 13, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a 13-year-old girl'}; {'age': 75, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a woman'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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