# Nagpur Man vs The Superintendent, Nagpur Central Prison and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 August 2011 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 285 of 2011, the Bombay High Court (Coram: V. K. Tahilramani, M. L. Tahaliyani, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police Constable, Gadchiroli Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 20,000.

- Register number: MH 31 CW 0009
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 285 of 2011 / (2011) 08 BOM CK 0119; 2012 (4) Mh.L.J. (Cri.) 609
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: V. K. Tahilramani, M. L. Tahaliyani, JJ.), 2 August 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Gadchiroli Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The gross negligence on the part of Police Constable \[name withheld\] has been admitted by respondent No.2.” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 20,000.
- 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/193856127/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0034)

**Record:** CW-2011-0034 (compiler id CWC-0770); case GAP2-10-002
**Title:** Nagpur Man vs The Superintendent, Nagpur Central Prison and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Nagpur; judges: V. K. Tahilramani; M. L. Tahaliyani
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 285 of 2011 / (2011) 08 BOM CK 0119; 2012 (4) Mh.L.J. (Cri.) 609
**Judgment:** 2011-08-02 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-03-30 (2011)
**Place:** Nagpur, Maharashtra; city town: Nagpur; police station or unit: Gadchiroli Police (court/warrant duty); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Gadchiroli Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Nagpur man, age 26 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 20,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) held that a Nagpur man, acquitted in his last sessions case on 29 March 2011, was detained in Nagpur Central Prison from the evening of 30 March to the morning of 3 April 2011 without any authority of law. The Court recorded the SP Gadchiroli's admission that Police Constable, tasked with carrying the jail warrant to court and back, was grossly negligent in failing to return the endorsed warrant, and rejected the two-day-travel excuse for the 160 km journey. It ordered the State to pay Rs 20,000 compensation at Rs 5,000 per day and noted a departmental enquiry against the constable would follow. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The gross negligence on the part of Police Constable \[name withheld\] has been admitted by respondent No.2.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/193856127/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5608fc95e4b014971114c544)
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Nagpur Man vs The Superintendent, Nagpur Central Prison and Others
**followup status:** never_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 20,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2011) 08 BOM CK 0119; 2012 (4) Mh.L.J. (Cri.) 609', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/193856127/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5608fc95e4b014971114c544', '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:** Division Bench (corrected agent's single-judge claim); Rs 20,000 for 4 days post-acquittal detention.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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