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

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 December 2012 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 856 of 2012, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A. S. Oka, S. S. Shinde, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai; Senior Inspector, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai; Police Constable, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai (Buckle No. 97015); Police Constable, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai (Buckle No. 8040305), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0011
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 856 of 2012 / 2013 (2) Bom CR (Cri) 260
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: A. S. Oka, S. S. Shinde, JJ.), 21 December 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai; Senior Inspector, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai; Police Constable, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai (Buckle No. 97015); Police Constable, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai (Buckle No. 8040305)
- 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 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 41B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This case of blatant violation of human rights shocks the conscience of the Court.” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/175266892/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0038)

**Record:** CW-2012-0038 (compiler id CWC-0772); case GAP2-10-004
**Title:** Niraj Mumbai Woman and Others vs \[name withheld\] and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: A. S. Oka; S. S. Shinde
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 856 of 2012 / 2013 (2) Bom CR (Cri) 260
**Judgment:** 2012-12-21 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-12-02 (2011)
**Place:** Mumbai City, Maharashtra; city town: Mumbai; police station or unit: Navghar Police Station, Mulund; 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; CrPC s.57; CrPC s.41B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai; Senior Inspector, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai; Police Constable, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai (Buckle No. 97015); Police Constable, Navghar Police Station, Mumbai (Buckle No. 8040305) (4 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai man, age 66; Mumbai woman, age 62 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court held that PSI of Navghar Police Station took two senior citizens, a Mumbai man (66) and a Mumbai woman (62) a Mumbai man, into custody at Aurangabad on the night of 2 December 2011 in a s.498A case and kept them detained without showing arrest until 4 December 2011, about 35 hours 40 minutes, without an arrest memo or production before the nearest magistrate. The Court found gross violations of Articles 21 and 22 and the D.K. Basu directions, a violation that shocks the conscience of the Court. It directed the State to pay Rs 2,50,000 each with 8% interest plus Rs 25,000 costs, ordered a Joint/Additional Commissioner inquiry within three months to fix responsibility, and left recovery and departmental action open. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This case of blatant violation of human rights shocks the conscience of the Court.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/175266892/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5608fcb3e4b014971114c81b)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Niraj Mumbai Woman and Others 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': '2012-12-21', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2013 (2) Bom CR (Cri) 260', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/175266892/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5608fcb3e4b014971114c81b', '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:** ~36-hour detention of elderly couple without arrest memo; Rs 2.5L each + inquiry ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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