# Miduthuru Man and Others v. The Circle Inspector of Police, Nandikotkur and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 June 2010 in Writ Appeal against W.P. No. 6195 of 2002, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: B. Prakash Rao, R. Kantha Rao, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Circle Inspector of Police, Nandikotkur Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Miduthuru Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 96,000.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0026
- Case reference: Writ Appeal against W.P. No. 6195 of 2002 / 2010 (3) UPLJ 19
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: B. Prakash Rao, R. Kantha Rao, JJ.), 1 June 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Circle Inspector of Police, Nandikotkur Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Miduthuru Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The alleged arrest as well as the detention are illegal and moreover, the police very well knew that they were implicating innocent persons falsely in a grave charge of murder only for their statistical purpose to close down the file …” (at para 36)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 96,000.
- 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/710836/boya-nallabothula-venkateswarlu-and-others-appellant-hash-the-circle-inspector-of-police-and-oth/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0005)

**Record:** CW-2010-0005 (compiler id CWC-0623); case SWILLEGA-053
**Title:** Miduthuru Man and Others v. The Circle Inspector of Police, Nandikotkur and Others
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: B. Prakash Rao; R. Kantha Rao
**Case number / citation:** Writ Appeal against W.P. No. 6195 of 2002 / 2010 (3) UPLJ 19
**Judgment:** 2010-06-01 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-01-10 (2002)
**Place:** Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh; city town: Miduthuru; police station or unit: Miduthuru Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302
**Officers (gated display forms):** Circle Inspector of Police, Nandikotkur Police Station; Sub-Inspector of Police, Miduthuru Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Miduthuru man; Miduthuru man; Miduthuru man (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 96,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

remove/replace final sentence; police version (arrest + recovery theory) is recorded at paras 8, 21-22. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The alleged arrest as well as the detention are illegal and moreover, the police very well knew that they were implicating innocent persons falsely in a grave charge of murder only for their statistical purpose to close down the file with some invented result.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/710836/boya-nallabothula-venkateswarlu-and-others-appellant-hash-the-circle-inspector-of-police-and-oth/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5dc113403321bc13af24cd32); [blog.ipleaders.in](https://blog.ipleaders.in/remedies-illegal-police-action/)
**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:** 36
**display title redacted:** Miduthuru Man and Others v. The Circle Inspector of Police, Nandikotkur 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2010-06-01', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Andhra Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 96,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2010 (3) UPLJ 19', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/710836/boya-nallabothula-venkateswarlu-and-others-appellant-hash-the-circle-inspector-of-police-and-oth/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5dc113403321bc13af24cd32', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://blog.ipleaders.in/remedies-illegal-police-action/', '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:** AP HC DB held 3 men falsely implicated in murder, illegally detained 32 days; Rs 32K each + costs with recovery.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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