# Taleigao Man and Others v. Govt. of Goa and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 March 2006 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 19 of 2003, the Bombay High Court (Coram: R. M. S. Khandeparkar, N. A. Britto, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Panaji Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Panaji Police Station (IO, Crime No. 96/03); Police Sub-Inspector, Goa Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 30,000.

- Register number: GA 01 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 19 of 2003 / 2006 ALL MR (Cri) 1241
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: R. M. S. Khandeparkar, N. A. Britto, JJ.), 6 March 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector, Panaji Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Panaji Police Station (IO, Crime No. 96/03); Police Sub-Inspector, Goa Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 3 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The explanations for handcuffing given are nothing but a sham and are only excuses put forward on behalf of respondent nos. 4 to 6 in order to justify the handcuffing of the said two accused inspite of knowing fully well …” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 30,000.
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/814291/karishma-kamlesh-naik-and-others-appellant-hash-govt-of-goa-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0020)

**Record:** CW-2006-0020 (compiler id CWC-0925); case GOADNH-001
**Title:** Taleigao Man and Others v. Govt. of Goa and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Goa; judges: R. M. S. Khandeparkar; N. A. Britto
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 19 of 2003 / 2006 ALL MR (Cri) 1241
**Judgment:** 2006-03-06 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-06-28 (2003)
**Place:** North Goa, Goa; city town: Taleigao; police station or unit: Panaji (Panjim) Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 307; IPC 506; IPC 34; Arms Act s.3; Arms Act s.25
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Panaji Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Panaji Police Station (IO, Crime No. 96/03); Police Sub-Inspector, Goa Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Taleigao man; Taleigao man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 30,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Division Bench held that Panaji police illegally handcuffed and paraded accused \[name withheld\] and a Taleigao man through Taleigao on 28-6-2003 without magisterial permission and in knowing violation of the Supreme Court's Citizens for Democracy directions. The court rejected the officers' hideout-panchanama justification as a sham, holding the parading was done only to humiliate the accused in violation of Article 21. It directed the State to pay Rs 15,000 compensation to each victim with a compliance report in six weeks, ordered disciplinary proceedings against the three respondent officers completed within six months with liberty to recover, and made the Rule absolute with Rs 5,000 costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The explanations for handcuffing given are nothing but a sham and are only excuses put forward on behalf of respondent nos. 4 to 6 in order to justify the handcuffing of the said two accused inspite of knowing fully well the directions issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Citizens for Democracy (supra).

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/814291/karishma-kamlesh-naik-and-others-appellant-hash-govt-of-goa-and-others-respondent/); [archive.org](https://archive.org/download/india.highcourt.judgement.hcbm050022682003/HCBM050022682003.pdf); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b493b5607dba348f007ed9)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** Taleigao Man and Others v. Govt. of Goa 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': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2006-03-06', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 30,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2006 ALL MR (Cri) 1241', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/814291/karishma-kamlesh-naik-and-others-appellant-hash-govt-of-goa-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://archive.org/download/india.highcourt.judgement.hcbm050022682003/HCBM050022682003.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b493b5607dba348f007ed9', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Illegal handcuffing/parading in violation of Citizens for Democracy; Rs 15,000 each + 6-month DE direction verified in judgment PDF.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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