# Jabalpur Man v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 December 2011 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 2250-2251 of 2011, the Supreme Court of India returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Jabalpur Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: MP 20 CW 0004
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 2250-2251 of 2011 / (2012) 1 SCC 748
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India, 5 December 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Jabalpur Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “There was no warrant for putting the appellant under handcuffs. His handcuffing was without justification.” (at para 11)
- 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/810564399/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0022)

**Record:** CW-2011-0022 (compiler id CWC-0337); case SUPREM-018
**Title:** Jabalpur Man v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
**Court:** Supreme Court of India
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 2250-2251 of 2011 / (2012) 1 SCC 748
**Judgment:** 2011-12-05 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-06-08 (1992)
**Place:** Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Jabalpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Jabalpur Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Jabalpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Supreme Court held there was no warrant for handcuffing the appellant, a coaching-centre owner trapped in a question-paper sale case on 8 June 1992, and that the unjustified handcuffing with published photographs adversely affected his dignity and led to tragic consequences including his sister death from shock. The Court found the ensuing trial dragged over 12 years till acquittal in August 2004, with five years delay attributable to the prosecution. It agreed with the Madhya Pradesh High Court Division Bench that Rs 70,000 did not do justice to the suffering and humiliation. It enhanced compensation to Rs 2 lakh payable by the State, without prejudice to a damages claim. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> There was no warrant for putting the appellant under handcuffs. His handcuffing was without justification.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/810564399/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af0ae4b01497114156d5)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Jabalpur Man v. State of Madhya Pradesh and 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2011-12-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2012) 1 SCC 748', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/810564399/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af0ae4b01497114156d5', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Unjustified handcuffing + 12-year delayed trial; compensation enhanced Rs 70k to Rs 2 lakh.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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