# Ramtek Man & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 August 2011 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 474 of 2003, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A.H. Joshi, U.V. Bakre, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Assistant Police Inspector, Kanhan Police Station; Assistant Police Sub-Inspector, Ramtek Police Station; Police Constable, Ramtek Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: MH 31 CW 0008
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 474 of 2003 / 2011 SCC OnLine Bom 1007
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: A.H. Joshi, U.V. Bakre, JJ.), 2 August 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Police Inspector, Kanhan Police Station; Assistant Police Sub-Inspector, Ramtek Police Station; Police Constable, Ramtek Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result, this Court is satisfied that the death, though suicidal, attracts a tortuous liability to the State, though such liability would not be on the same rigours and lines.” (at para 71)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/960462/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0014)

**Record:** CW-2011-0014 (compiler id CWC-0259); case MAHARA-019
**Title:** Ramtek Man & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Nagpur; judges: A.H. Joshi; U.V. Bakre
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 474 of 2003 / 2011 SCC OnLine Bom 1007
**Judgment:** 2011-08-02 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-07-22 (2003)
**Place:** Nagpur, Maharashtra; city town: Ramtek; police station or unit: Ramtek Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Police Inspector, Kanhan Police Station; Assistant Police Sub-Inspector, Ramtek Police Station; Police Constable, Ramtek Police Station (3 in record)
**Victims:** Ramtek man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) held the State liable for the custodial death of Nitin Patil, who died while remanded in custody at Ramtek Police Station on 22 July 2003. Patil had been repeatedly arrested across multiple police stations in successive criminal cases and subjected to continuous custody before being found hanging in the lockup latrine. The High Court observed that the police failed to prove that circumstances surrounding the detainee were normal and that the death, though suicidal, attracted tortious liability. The court directed the State of Maharashtra to pay Rs 2,00,000 as compensation with 6% annual interest and Rs 10,000 costs to the deceased's family. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the result, this Court is satisfied that the death, though suicidal, attracts a tortuous liability to the State, though such liability would not be on the same rigours and lines.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/960462/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** 71
**display title redacted:** Ramtek Man & Ors. v. State of Maharashtra & 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2011-08-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2011 SCC OnLine Bom 1007', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/960462/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Bombay HC (Nagpur Bench) held State liable for custodial death of N. P., awarding Rs 2,00,000 compensation plus interest and costs.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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