# Miss Mumbai Woman vs \[name withheld\] and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 March 2012 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1666 of 2010, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A. S. Oka, A. V. Potdar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Senior Inspector, Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai; Sub-Inspector, Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gamdevi Division, Mumbai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0008
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1666 of 2010 / 2012 ALL MR (Cri) 1263
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: A. S. Oka, A. V. Potdar, JJ.), 5 March 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Senior Inspector, Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai; Sub-Inspector, Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gamdevi Division, Mumbai
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 79 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951; Section 112 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951; Section 117 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We hold that the detention of the Petitioner by the officers of Gamdevi Police Station from 5th April, 2008 to 6th April, 2008 is illegal and there has been a gross violation of the fundamental right of the Petitioner guaranteed …” (at para 22)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
- 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/75479442/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0026)

**Record:** CW-2012-0026 (compiler id CWC-0771); case GAP2-10-003
**Title:** Miss Mumbai Woman vs \[name withheld\] and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: A. S. Oka; A. V. Potdar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1666 of 2010 / 2012 ALL MR (Cri) 1263
**Judgment:** 2012-03-05 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-04-05 (2008)
**Place:** Mumbai City, Maharashtra; city town: Mumbai; police station or unit: Gamdevi Police Station; 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. 22; Constitution Art. 226; Bombay Police Act 1951 s.79; Bombay Police Act 1951 s.112; Bombay Police Act 1951 s.117
**Officers (gated display forms):** Senior Inspector, Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai; Sub-Inspector, Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gamdevi Division, Mumbai (3 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court held that officers of Gamdevi Police Station illegally detained a Mumbai woman overnight from 5 to 6 April 2008 after she visited the station to collect her complaint FIR, without any arrest memo, intimation to her mother, entry in the arrest register, or information of her bail rights for a bailable offence. The Court found a patent and uncontroverted violation of Article 21 in breach of the D.K. Basu and Sheela Barse guidelines. It directed the State to pay Rs 2,50,000 compensation with 8% interest from 5 April 2008 plus Rs 25,000 costs, left recovery from the erring officers open, and dismissed the petition against respondent No.4 (PI \[name withheld\]) with whom the petitioner had no grievance. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We hold that the detention of the Petitioner by the officers of Gamdevi Police Station from 5th April, 2008 to 6th April, 2008 is illegal and there has been a gross violation of the fundamental right of the Petitioner guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/75479442/)
**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:** 22
**display title redacted:** Miss Mumbai Woman vs \[name withheld\] 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2012-03-05', '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 250,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2012 ALL MR (Cri) 1263', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/75479442/', '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:** Overnight detention of woman without arrest memo; Rs 2.5L + interest + Rs 25k costs.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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