# Mumbai Man vs State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 April 2012 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1017 of 2005, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A.M. Khanwilkar, P.D. Kode, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: PSI, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000).

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0009
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1017 of 2005
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: A.M. Khanwilkar, P.D. Kode, JJ.), 10 April 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: PSI, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai
- 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): “As aforesaid, it is a case of violation of fundamental rights of a Mumbai man, who mysteriously disappeared and presumably died, whilst in police custody. This position is virtually accepted in the criminal action initiated by the State (presently against …” (at para 18)
- 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/29244602/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0007)

**Record:** CW-2012-0007 (compiler id CWC-0239); case MAHARA-006
**Title:** Mumbai Man vs State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: A.M. Khanwilkar; P.D. Kode
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1017 of 2005
**Judgment:** 2012-04-10 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-01-06 (2003)
**Place:** Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra; city town: Mumbai; police station or unit: Ghatkopar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 21; Constitution Art 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** PSI, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai; Police Constable, Ghatkopar Police Station / Crime Branch Unit VIII, Mumbai (4 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai man, age 27 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Mumbai man, 27, arrested in December 2002 in the Ghatkopar bus-blast case, died on 6-1-2003 at Ghatkopar Police Station; police claimed he escaped en route to Aurangabad, but a CID probe found custodial torture and death and trial began against four policemen. His mother \[name withheld\]'s writ was allowed with the court holding the fundamental rights of a Mumbai man and his mother violated in custody and enhancing compensation from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 20 lakh, reported as then the highest custodial-death award in India. The court refused the prayers for sanction and suspension against other officers and stressed its observations must not influence the pending murder trial.

> As aforesaid, it is a case of violation of fundamental rights of a Mumbai man, who mysteriously disappeared and presumably died, whilst in police custody. This position is virtually accepted in the criminal action initiated by the State (presently against respondent Nos. 5 to 8).

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29244602/); [indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/from-rs-3-lakh-to-rs-20-lakh-court-raises-compensation-for-custody-death-victims-mother/); [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/ghatkopar-custodial-death-case-bombay-high-court-directs-framing-murder-charges-against-police-officers)
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Mumbai Man 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2012-04-10', '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 2,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 1017 of 2005', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/29244602/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/from-rs-3-lakh-to-rs-20-lakh-court-raises-compensation-for-custody-death-victims-mother/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/ghatkopar-custodial-death-case-bombay-high-court-directs-framing-murder-charges-against-police-officers', '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 raised custodial-death compensation from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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