# Ahmedabad Boy v. State (NCT of Delhi) and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 July 2009 in WP(CRL) 758/2008, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ajit Bharihoke, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, SOG, Crime Branch, Ahmedabad City; Constable, SOG, Crime Branch, Ahmedabad City (3 constables), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.7 lakh (Rs 2,70,000).

- Register number: GJ 01 CW 0015
- Case reference: WP(CRL) 758/2008
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Badar Durrez Ahmed, Ajit Bharihoke, JJ.), 3 July 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, SOG, Crime Branch, Ahmedabad City; Constable, SOG, Crime Branch, Ahmedabad City (3 constables)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The violation of Article 21 is patent and incontrovertible and it is of such a magnitude that it shocks the conscience of this Court.” (at para 56)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.7 lakh (Rs 2,70,000).
- 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/172864698/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0014)

**Record:** CW-2009-0014 (compiler id CWC-0722); case SWILLEGA-070
**Title:** Ahmedabad Boy v. State (NCT of Delhi) and Others
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Badar Durrez Ahmed; Ajit Bharihoke
**Case number / citation:** WP(CRL) 758/2008
**Judgment:** 2009-07-03 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-05-25 (2008)
**Place:** Ahmedabad, Gujarat; city town: Ahmedabad; police station or unit: Special Operations Group, Crime Branch, Ahmedabad City, Gujarat Police; 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, SOG, Crime Branch, Ahmedabad City; Constable, SOG, Crime Branch, Ahmedabad City (3 constables) (4 in record)
**Victims:** Ahmedabad boy, age 13 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.7 lakh (Rs 2,70,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Delhi High Court (Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ajit Bharihoke) awarded Rs 2,70,000 from the State of Gujarat to Tasleema and her 13-year-old son, a 13-year-old boy. The Court found that on 25 May 2008 SI (SOG, Ahmedabad Crime Branch) with three constables took the boy from Seelampur, Delhi to an Ahmedabad lockup without reason or authority of law while ostensibly searching for an accused in FIR No.840/06, without seeking Delhi Police help or disclosing the removal. Inflation-correcting the Rs 50,000 awarded in Bhim Singh (1985) via the CPI-IW, the Court granted strict-liability public-law compensation within two weeks, rejecting Gujarat's plea for a s.340 CrPC complaint against the mother. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The violation of Article 21 is patent and incontrovertible and it is of such a magnitude that it shocks the conscience of this Court.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/172864698/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/378574/pdf/)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 56
**display title redacted:** Ahmedabad Boy v. State (NCT of Delhi) 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': '2009-07-03', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 270,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'WP(CRL) 758/2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/172864698/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/378574/pdf/', '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:** Delhi HC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon + mirror; Rs 2.7L from Gujarat for minor's interstate removal matches.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 13, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a 13-year-old boy'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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