# Shanthamma vs Sub-Inspector of Police, Malur and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 August 2006 in W.P. No. 62/2006 (HC) (habeas corpus), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: R. Gururajan, N. Ananda, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru; Police Constable, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru; Police Constable, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: KA 01 CW 0010
- Case reference: W.P. No. 62/2006 (HC) (habeas corpus) / 2007(3) Kar LJ 330
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: R. Gururajan, N. Ananda, JJ.), 23 August 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru; Police Constable, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru; Police Constable, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the detenue was kept under illegal detention” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10,000.
- 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/475773/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0015)

**Record:** CW-2006-0015 (compiler id CWC-0685); case GAP10-008
**Title:** Shanthamma vs Sub-Inspector of Police, Malur and Others
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; judges: R. Gururajan; N. Ananda
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 62/2006 (HC) (habeas corpus) / 2007(3) Kar LJ 330
**Judgment:** 2006-08-23 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-06-23 (2006)
**Place:** Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka; city town: Bengaluru; police station or unit: Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru; Police Constable, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru; Police Constable, Indira Nagar Police Station, Bengaluru (3 in record)
**Victims:** Bengaluru man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. A Bengaluru man was picked up around midnight on 23 June 2006 by Indiranagar police in a theft case; his mother was falsely told at Malur Police Station that he was not arrested, and he was kept in custody without production before the jurisdictional Magistrate within 24 hours, with Rs.5,000 allegedly demanded for his release. The detenu was produced on 29 June 2006, and the Registrar (Vigilance) reported illegal detention with discrepant affidavits and Station House Diary entries. The Division Bench held the detention illegal and violative of Article 21, directed the State to pay Rs.10,000 compensation within two weeks (recoverable from the officials), directed the Registrar General to file a criminal complaint against the SI and two constables for false affidavits, and directed the Commissioner of Police to hold a departmental enquiry. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> the detenue was kept under illegal detention

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/475773/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** Shanthamma vs Sub-Inspector of Police, Malur 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2006-08-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 10,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2007(3) Kar LJ 330', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/475773/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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 held illegal detention in habeas case; Rs.10,000 compensation plus criminal complaint and DE against SI and 2 PCs.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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