# Simulia Man And Ors. vs State Of Orissa And Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 February 2007 in Writ Petition (exact number not stated in extracted text), the Orissa High Court (Coram: M.M. Das, B.P. Das, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: OD 01 CW 0002
- Case reference: Writ Petition (exact number not stated in extracted text) / AIR 2007 Orissa 94; (2007) 1 OLR 410
- Court and date: Orissa High Court (Coram: M.M. Das, B.P. Das, JJ.), 2 February 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Simulia Police Station)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “we are of the view that late a Simulia man died consequent upon the irresponsible act of the police in aimlessly firing at the bus, in which the said deceased was traveling as a passenger.” (at para 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/864050/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0001)

**Record:** CW-2007-0001 (compiler id CWC-0279); case ODISHA-003; aliases: CWC-1439
**Title:** Simulia Man And Ors. vs State Of Orissa And Ors.
**Court:** Orissa High Court; judges: M.M. Das; B.P. Das
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (exact number not stated in extracted text) / AIR 2007 Orissa 94; (2007) 1 OLR 410
**Judgment:** 2007-02-02 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-02-06 (2002)
**Place:** Balasore, Odisha; city town: Simulia; police station or unit: Simulia Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Simulia man, age 35 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Orissa High Court records the following account. On 6 February 2002 Simulia police chasing the Dolphine Dynamic bus fired aimlessly at it near Dhobagadia crossing on NH-5 after the driver failed to stop, killing passenger a Simulia man, aged about 35, with a chest gunshot. A criminal case under IPC 304 against Simulia police personnel ended in acquittal, but the OIC admitted in counter-affidavit that a Simulia man died in the police firing. The High Court held that the death resulted from the irresponsible and negligent act of the police and that compensation under Article 226 was appropriate where negligence was writ large. It fixed Rs. 5 lakh as just compensation, directing payment of the Rs. 2.5 lakh balance within three months after adjusting Rs. 1 lakh ex gratia and Rs. 1.5 lakh interim already paid. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> we are of the view that late a Simulia man died consequent upon the irresponsible act of the police in aimlessly firing at the bus, in which the said deceased was traveling as a passenger.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/864050/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/94973/kalpana-mandal-and-others-appellant-hash-state-of-orissa-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** False
**court quote para:** 5
**display title redacted:** Simulia Man And Ors. vs State Of Orissa 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2007-02-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Orissa High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Orissa High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIR 2007 Orissa 94; (2007) 1 OLR 410', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/864050/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/94973/kalpana-mandal-and-others-appellant-hash-state-of-orissa-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Police firing death admitted; Rs.5L compensation for negligent firing.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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