# Njarackal Man vs State Of Kerala

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 December 2012 in WP(C) No. 9963 of 2012, the Kerala High Court (Coram: K. M. Joseph, K. Harilal, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, District Crime Records Bureau, Aluva Rural; Police Constable, District Crime Records Bureau, Aluva Rural; Home Guard, Njarackal Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: KL 07 CW 0006
- Case reference: WP(C) No. 9963 of 2012 / 2013 (1) KLT 103
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: K. M. Joseph, K. Harilal, JJ.), 20 December 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, District Crime Records Bureau, Aluva Rural; Police Constable, District Crime Records Bureau, Aluva Rural; Home Guard, Njarackal Police Station
- 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): “Considering entire facts and circumstances of the case, we feel that an award of compensation of Rs.50,000/-, the relief which is prayed for, is just and proper to meet the ends of justice. We direct the first respondent to pay …” (at para 40)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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/46257919/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0015)

**Record:** CW-2012-0015 (compiler id CWC-0206); case KERALA-006
**Title:** Njarackal Man vs State Of Kerala
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: K. M. Joseph; K. Harilal
**Case number / citation:** WP(C) No. 9963 of 2012 / 2013 (1) KLT 103
**Judgment:** 2012-12-20 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-04-14 (2012)
**Place:** Ernakulam, Kerala; city town: Njarackal; police station or unit: Njarackal Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 21; Constitution Art 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, District Crime Records Bureau, Aluva Rural; Police Constable, District Crime Records Bureau, Aluva Rural; Home Guard, Njarackal Police Station (3 in record)
**Victims:** Njarackal man, age 25 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. A Njarackal man, a 25-year-old lawyer returning home by motorcycle after a second-show film on the night of 14 April 2012, was intercepted by the Njarackal police vehicle-check squad on the Vypin-Munambam highway and struck in the face, losing five teeth; the respondents admitted the injury and loss of teeth but disputed the manner of causing it. A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court held the admitted facts amounted to infringement of his right to life and personal liberty at the hands of respondents 5 to 7 by abuse of power. The court awarded Rs 50,000 exemplary compensation payable by the State within one month, with liberty to recover from the three officers after due enquiry, leaving criminal liability in Crime 644/2012 to the criminal court. The listed officer of Njarackal police station is a Home Guard, not a member of the police force; the court recorded his admitted lathi blow. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Considering entire facts and circumstances of the case, we feel that an award of compensation of Rs.50,000/-, the relief which is prayed for, is just and proper to meet the ends of justice. We direct the first respondent to pay a compensation of Rs.50,000/-(Rupees fifty thousand only) to the petitioner within one month from the date of the judgment.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46257919/)
**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:** 40
**display title redacted:** Njarackal Man vs State Of Kerala
**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': '2012-12-20', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2013 (1) KLT 103', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46257919/', '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:** Kerala HC Division Bench awarded Rs 50,000 compensation for lathi assault that cost a young lawyer five teeth during a night vehicle check, with recovery from the SI, constable and home guard.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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