# Bajatta Khurd, Badwani Woman vs State of M.P. and Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 September 2007, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A. K. Patnaik, Ajit Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police officers effecting s.151 arrests, Badwani (Barwani) police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: MP 46 CW 0001
- Case reference: 2008 CriLJ 47; 2007(4) MPHT 219
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A. K. Patnaik, Ajit Singh, JJ.), 25 September 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police officers effecting s.151 arrests, Badwani (Barwani) police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 19 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We, therefore, direct the State of Madhya Pradesh to pay compensation of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) to the petitioner and each of the male and female agitators, who were arrested in the evening of 25.7.2007 and thereafter detained in Badwani …” (at para 31)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. 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/1103400/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0011)

**Record:** CW-2007-0011 (compiler id CWC-0232); case MADHYA-006
**Title:** Bajatta Khurd, Badwani Woman vs State of M.P. and Anr.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: A. K. Patnaik; Ajit Singh
**Case number / citation:** 2008 CriLJ 47; 2007(4) MPHT 219
**Judgment:** 2007-09-25 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-07-25 (2007)
**Place:** Barwani, Madhya Pradesh (district at time: Badwani); city town: Bajatta Khurd, Badwani; police station or unit: Badwani police (PS Badwani); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 151; CrPC 107; Constitution Art 19; Constitution Art 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police officers effecting s.151 arrests, Badwani (Barwani) police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bajatta Khurd, Badwani woman; Bajatta Khurd, Badwani woman (91 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** Rs 10,000

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. On 25.7.2007 Badwani police arrested scores of Sardar Sarovar oustees agitating at the Jamin Hak Satyagraha and detained them in Badwani and Indore jails till 30.7.2007 purportedly under Section 151 CrPC. The State contended the agitators had blocked the highway, manhandled officials and created a law-and-order problem. The Court watched the CDs of the arrest and held the State's version totally false, finding the agitators were peacefully shouting slogans in exercise of Articles 19(1)(a)/(b) and the s.151 conditions (known design to commit a cognizable offence) were not met. It held the arrests and detention unauthorised violations of Articles 19 and 21 and awarded Rs 10,000 compensation to the petitioner and each agitator detained in jail, with liberty to recover from responsible officers after proper inquiry. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We, therefore, direct the State of Madhya Pradesh to pay compensation of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) to the petitioner and each of the male and female agitators, who were arrested in the evening of 25.7.2007 and thereafter detained in Badwani and Indore Jails, in violation of their fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution within a period of two months from today.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1103400/)
**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:** 31
**display title redacted:** Bajatta Khurd, Badwani Woman vs State of M.P. and Anr.
**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': '2007-09-25', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 10,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2008 CriLJ 47; 2007(4) MPHT 219', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1103400/', '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:** Primary source verified: MP High Court Division Bench held the 25.7.2007 s.151 CrPC arrests and jail detention of the agitators unauthorised and violative of Articles 19 and 21, and awarded Rs 10,000 compensation to the petitioner and each agitator detained in jail (not those released soon after arrest), plus Rs 10,000 costs, with liberty to the State to recover from responsible officers after inquiry. Accused-actors are police; outcome adverse_finding_compensation confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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