# Bengaluru Man vs State by K. G. Nagar Police Station & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 April 2007, the Karnataka High Court (Coram: R. Gururajan, Anand Byrareddy, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: KA 01 CW 0011
- Case reference: 2007 (4) Kar LJ 627; AIR 2007 (NOC) 1641 (Kar); 2007 Cri LJ (NOC) 751
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: R. Gururajan, Anand Byrareddy, JJ.), 19 April 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (K. G. Nagar Police Station)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The only other finding against the police is that the police ill-treated a Bengaluru man and Smt. A Bengaluru woman on 7-1-2007. The said report is accepted by us in the light of the detailed findings given by the Registrar.” (at para 6)
- 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/714229/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0006)

**Record:** CW-2007-0006 (compiler id CWC-0199); case KARNAT-014
**Title:** Bengaluru Man vs State by K. G. Nagar Police Station & Ors.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; judges: R. Gururajan; Anand Byrareddy
**Case number / citation:** 2007 (4) Kar LJ 627; AIR 2007 (NOC) 1641 (Kar); 2007 Cri LJ (NOC) 751
**Judgment:** 2007-04-19 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-01-07 (2007)
**Place:** Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka; city town: Bengaluru; police station or unit: K. G. Nagar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 21; Constitution Art 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bengaluru man; Bengaluru woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. A Bengaluru man and his sister \[name withheld\], who had filed a private complaint against a religious seer, were assaulted by K. G. Nagar police on the night of 7 January 2007, illegally detained at the station till the evening of 8 January 2007 and treated inhumanly. On a habeas corpus petition the High Court first secured their release and then ordered a Registrar (Vigilance) enquiry, which proved the assault, illegal detention and inhuman treatment on 7-8 January 2007 while rejecting claims for the earlier dates. A Division Bench accepted the report, awarded Rs 50,000 compensation plus Rs 5,000 litigation costs payable by the State, and directed the Director General of Police to conduct an independent enquiry and proceed against the erring officials. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The only other finding against the police is that the police ill-treated a Bengaluru man and Smt. A Bengaluru woman on 7-1-2007. The said report is accepted by us in the light of the detailed findings given by the Registrar.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/714229/)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Bengaluru Man vs State by K. G. Nagar Police Station & 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': '2007-04-19', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2007 (4) Kar LJ 627; AIR 2007 (NOC) 1641 (Kar); 2007 Cri LJ (NOC) 751', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/714229/', '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:** Karnataka HC Division Bench accepted Registrar (Vigilance) finding of assault, illegal detention and inhuman treatment by K.G. Nagar police, awarded Rs 50,000 compensation plus costs, and ordered DGP enquiry.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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