# Chhaisa Man and Others vs State of U.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 September 2011 in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 10638 of 2006, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Ravindra Singh, Arvind K. Tripathi, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar police; Constable, Gautam Budh Nagar police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000).

- Register number: UP 16 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 10638 of 2006
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Ravindra Singh, Arvind K. Tripathi, JJ.), 16 September 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar police; Constable, Gautam Budh Nagar police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case there was negligence on part of the police personnel of the State of U.P. who fired causing death of two innocent villagers which is clear violation of fundamental right to life.” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000).
- 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/31838786/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0038)

**Record:** CW-2011-0038 (compiler id CWC-0960); case GAP3-4-001
**Title:** Chhaisa Man and Others vs State of U.P. and Others
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Ravindra Singh; Arvind K. Tripathi
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 10638 of 2006
**Judgment:** 2011-09-16 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-06-20 (2000)
**Place:** Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh (district at time: Gautam Budh Nagar); city town: Chhaisa; police station or unit: Police Station Jarcha; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 323; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar police; Constable, Gautam Budh Nagar police (2 in record)
**Victims:** Chhaisa man; Chhaisa man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Allahabad High Court records the following account. On 20 June 2000, during panchayat polling at Chhaisa, Dadri, a police party led by Circle Officer lathi-charged and fired four rounds after villagers objected to being pressed to leave the queue; a Chhaisa man and a Chhaisa man, sitting on a cot in a gher, were shot dead on the spot and other villagers were injured. Case Crime No.74/2000 under sections 302/323 IPC was registered at P.S. Jarcha; both the police investigation and the CDO's magisterial inquiry found DySP \[name withheld\] and Constable guilty of negligence, and prosecution sanction was granted on 4 January 2008. The Court held this an established violation of the fundamental right to life and no further inquiry was needed. The Court directed the State to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the two widows/legal heirs within three months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case there was negligence on part of the police personnel of the State of U.P. who fired causing death of two innocent villagers which is clear violation of fundamental right to life.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/31838786/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Chhaisa Man and Others vs State of U.P. 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': '2011-09-16', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 2,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 10638 of 2006', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/31838786/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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 found negligent police firing killed two villagers and directed Rs 10 lakh each to the two families.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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