# Kandhar Man vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 July 2013 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1077 of 2012, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Naresh H. Patil, A.I.S. Cheema, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Pandit Manikrao Marwade (Police Constable), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 4.5 lakh (Rs 4,50,000).

- Register number: MH 26 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1077 of 2012 / (2013) 5 ABR 375; (2013) 3 BomCR(Cri) 601; (2013) ALLMR(Cri) 3038
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: Naresh H. Patil, A.I.S. Cheema, JJ.), 8 July 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Pandit Manikrao Marwade (Police Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The State is liable for contravention of fundamental rights of the victim. No sovereign immunity can be claimed by Respondents. The act of constable Pandit Manikrao Marwade was clearly illegal and a Kandhar man became victim of the same.” (at para 9)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Compensation: Rs 4.5 lakh (Rs 4,50,000).
- 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/79920666/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0008)

**Record:** CW-2013-0008 (compiler id CWC-0246); case MAHARA-004
**Title:** Kandhar Man vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: Naresh H. Patil; A.I.S. Cheema
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1077 of 2012 / (2013) 5 ABR 375; (2013) 3 BomCR(Cri) 601; (2013) ALLMR(Cri) 3038
**Judgment:** 2013-07-08 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-02-02 (2011)
**Place:** Nanded, Maharashtra; city town: Kandhar; police station or unit: Sub-Jail Kandhar, Nanded (guard duty); PS Loha (Crime No. 90/2009); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 226; Constitution Art 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Pandit Manikrao Marwade (Police Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kandhar man, age 21 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** Rs 4.5 lakh (Rs 4,50,000)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Undertrial a Kandhar man (21, Crime No. 90/2009, PS Loha) was shot dead in the Sub-Jail Kandhar lock-up on the night of 2.2.2011 by on-duty Police Constable with his.303 service rifle; Marwade then shot himself dead and an 'A' abetted summary was granted. The State admitted the incident but called it an individual act on grave provocation outside vicarious liability, blaming a Kandhar man's arrogance. The Court rejected that defence, holding the State failed to post sufficient guards or ensure inmate safety and must be held responsible for the custodial death, and directed Rs 4,50,000 compensation with 8% interest from 12.7.2012 plus Rs 10,000 costs, deposited with the District Judge, Nanded (inclusive of the GR 9.3.2012 amount). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The State is liable for contravention of fundamental rights of the victim. No sovereign immunity can be claimed by Respondents. The act of constable Pandit Manikrao Marwade was clearly illegal and a Kandhar man became victim of the same.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/79920666/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/818792/kewalbai-appellant-hash-the-state-of-maharashtra-superintendent-of-police-superintendent-of-jail/)
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Kandhar Man vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.
**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': '2013-07-08', '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 450,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2013) 5 ABR 375; (2013) 3 BomCR(Cri) 601; (2013) ALLMR(Cri) 3038', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/79920666/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/818792/kewalbai-appellant-hash-the-state-of-maharashtra-superintendent-of-police-superintendent-of-jail/', '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:** Full judgment text verified via CourtKutchehry mirror (Crl WP 1077/2012, Aurangabad Bench, 8.7.2013, JJ Naresh Patil and A.I.S. Cheema); primary indiankanoon URL rate-limited (HTTP 429). State admitted the shooting; vicarious liability upheld, Rs 4,50,000 plus 8% interest from 12.7.2012 plus Rs 10,000 costs awarded. No prosecution possible as constable Marwade shot himself dead ('A' abetted summary granted 30.8.2011).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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