# Gondia Woman vs State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 August 2011 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 293 of 2002, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A.H. Joshi, J.) returned findings adverse to 7 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Head Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3.7 lakh (Rs 3,70,000).

- Register number: MH 35 CW 0004
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 293 of 2002
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: A.H. Joshi, J.), 5 August 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Head Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We direct that the amount payable by respondents be deposited by the State within ninety days from the date of this Judgment in the District Court, Gondia, along with interest thereon @ 6% per annum.” (at para 38)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3.7 lakh (Rs 3,70,000).
- 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/1409555/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0026)

**Record:** CW-2011-0026 (compiler id CWC-0705); case GAP4-005
**Title:** Gondia Woman vs State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Nagpur; judges: A.H. Joshi
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 293 of 2002
**Judgment:** 2011-08-05 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1995-12-01 (1995)
**Place:** Gondia, Maharashtra; city town: Gondia; police station or unit: Gondia City Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 304; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Head Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station (7 in record)
**Victims:** Gondia man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3.7 lakh (Rs 3,70,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Gondia man @ a Gondia man died in the custody of Gondia City police in December 1995 during interrogation; seven police personnel were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Gondia in February 1997 under Sections 304/34 IPC, convictions later confirmed up to the Supreme Court. His widow \[name withheld\] filed this compensation writ in 2002 for herself and five minor children. The State conceded the seven officers were solely responsible for the custodial death and contested only the quantum. The Nagpur Bench held the State vicariously liable and directed deposit of Rs. 1,06,000 per child (less Rs. 32,000 each already received, i.e. Rs. 3,70,000 net) with 6% interest plus Rs. 6,000 costs per petitioner, holding fine-compensation from the criminal trial would not set off this award. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We direct that the amount payable by respondents be deposited by the State within ninety days from the date of this Judgment in the District Court, Gondia, along with interest thereon @ 6% per annum.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1409555/)
**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:** 38
**display title redacted:** Gondia Woman vs State of Maharashtra
**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': '2011-08-05', '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 370,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 293 of 2002', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1409555/', '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:** HC judgment verified; State vicariously liable after officers' 304 IPC convictions stood; Rs. 3.7 lakh net to 5 children.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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