# Mumbai Man v. State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 June 2012 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1006 of 2012, the Bombay High Court (Coram: V. M. Kanade, P. D. Kode, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Constable, Andheri Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 67,000.

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0010
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1006 of 2012
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: V. M. Kanade, P. D. Kode, JJ.), 25 June 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Constable, Andheri Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 46(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 55A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 60 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Respondent Nos. 5 to 8 have clearly violated provisions of section 46(4), section 54, section 55A read with section 60 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and, as such, the fundamental rights of the Petitioners under Article 21 of the …” (at para 27)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 67,000.
- 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/37680629/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0019)

**Record:** CW-2012-0019 (compiler id CWC-0733); case SWILLEGA-092
**Title:** Mumbai Man v. State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: V. M. Kanade; P. D. Kode
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1006 of 2012
**Judgment:** 2012-06-25 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-08-10 (2011)
**Place:** Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra; city town: Mumbai; police station or unit: Andheri Police Station, Mumbai; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.46(4); CrPC s.54; CrPC s.55A; CrPC s.60; CrPC s.160; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Andheri Police Station; Police Constable, Andheri Police Station (4 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai man, age 78; Mumbai man; Mumbai man, age 75; Mumbai man, age 63; Mumbai man, age 65; Mumbai man, age 72; Mumbai man, age 72; Mumbai woman, age 42; Mumbai woman, age 65; Mumbai man, age 40; Mumbai man, age 47; Mumbai man, age 62; Mumbai man, age 52; Mumbai man, age 75; Mumbai man, age 60; Mumbai man, age 44; Mumbai man (17 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 67,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Police raided card games at the Andheri Gymkhana on 10 August 2011 and detained 17 people, including senior citizens and two women, at Andheri police station from 9:30 pm till 6 am without food, toilet access or medicines. The Court held the bridge and rummy games were games of skill excluded from the Gambling Act, and that detaining the two women after sunset without a magistrate's permission breached section 46(4) CrPC along with sections 54, 55A and 60. It found the petitioners' fundamental rights under Article 21 violated by the highhanded, procedurally improper raid and detention. The State was directed to pay Rs 1,000 to each petitioner plus Rs 25,000 each to the two women, though the Court declined a departmental inquiry as the officers acted bona fide. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Respondent Nos. 5 to 8 have clearly violated provisions of section 46(4), section 54, section 55A read with section 60 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 and, as such, the fundamental rights of the Petitioners under Article 21 of the Constitution of India are clearly violated by the police.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/37680629/)
**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:** 27
**display title redacted:** Mumbai Man v. 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': '2012-06-25', '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 67,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 1006 of 2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/37680629/', '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:** HC held Art 21 violated by illegal detention and awarded compensation; matches outcome.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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