# New Delhi Man and Others v. The Commissioner of Police and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 March 2010 in W.P.(C) No. 11079 of 2006, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, J.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector, PS Sangam Vihar, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5.3 lakh (Rs 5,32,750).

- Register number: DL 03 CW 0010
- Case reference: W.P.(C) No. 11079 of 2006
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, J.), 25 March 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, PS Sangam Vihar, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In light of the overwhelming evidence discussed threadbare in the judgment of the learned ASJ, which has attained finality, there can be no manner of doubt that Petitioner1 has been treated most unreasonably, unfairly by the police and his fundamental …” (at para 22)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5.3 lakh (Rs 5,32,750).
- 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/121309564/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0013)

**Record:** CW-2010-0013 (compiler id CWC-0719); case SWILLEGA-067
**Title:** New Delhi Man and Others v. The Commissioner of Police and Others
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: S. Muralidhar
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) No. 11079 of 2006
**Judgment:** 2010-03-25 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-05-23 (2002)
**Place:** South Delhi, Delhi; city town: New Delhi; police station or unit: Police Station Sangam Vihar, Delhi Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 376; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, PS Sangam Vihar, Delhi Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** New Delhi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5.3 lakh (Rs 5,32,750)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Delhi High Court (Justice S. Muralidhar) awarded mason Prempal Rs 5,32,750 with 6% interest from his arrest plus Rs 30,000 costs for years of police harassment culminating in a false rape case (FIR No. 231/2002). The Court relied on the final, unappealed 2004 acquittal by the Additional Sessions Judge, who had found a New Delhi man framed because he complained against police officials, tortured in custody, and reduced to a living corpse. Holding his Article 21 rights brazenly violated, the Court limited compensation to the FIR 231/2002 incarceration, directed the Commissioner to send a written apology to the family and review other pending cases against a New Delhi man, and noted the IO had earned only a forfeiture-of-service punishment.

> In light of the overwhelming evidence discussed threadbare in the judgment of the learned ASJ, which has attained finality, there can be no manner of doubt that Petitioner1 has been treated most unreasonably, unfairly by the police and his fundamental rights under Article 21 were brazenly violated by the Respondents.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/121309564/); State v. Prempal, SC No. 29/2002, ASJ New Delhi, judgment dated 28-09-2004 (acquittal with findings of false implication)
**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:** 22
**display title redacted:** New Delhi Man and Others v. The Commissioner of Police 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2010-03-25', '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 532,750.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(C) No. 11079 of 2006', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/121309564/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'State v. Prempal, SC No. 29/2002, ASJ New Delhi, judgment dated 28-09-2004 (acquittal with findings of false implication)', '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 text verified on Indian Kanoon; Rs 5,32,750 + interest + costs award matches.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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