# Belagavi Man & Ors. vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 October 2013 in W.P. No. 3401/2008 (GM-Police), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: H.N. Nagamohan Das, J.) returned findings adverse to the Armed Reserve Sub-Inspector (ARSI), District Armed Reserve (DAR), Belagavi (escort party, Central Prison Hindalga), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 35,000.

- Register number: KA 22 CW 0004
- Case reference: W.P. No. 3401/2008 (GM-Police) / 2014 (3) AKR 428
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: H.N. Nagamohan Das, J.), 10 October 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Armed Reserve Sub-Inspector (ARSI), District Armed Reserve (DAR), Belagavi (escort party, Central Prison Hindalga)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The fact that the respondents brought the petitioners from the jail to the Court in handcuff is in clear violation of the directions issued by the Supreme Court” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 35,000.
- 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/163383470/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0014)

**Record:** CW-2013-0014 (compiler id CWC-0189); case KARNAT-004
**Title:** Belagavi Man & Ors. vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; bench: Dharwad; judges: H.N. Nagamohan Das
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 3401/2008 (GM-Police) / 2014 (3) AKR 428
**Judgment:** 2013-10-10 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-11-24 (2006)
**Place:** Belagavi, Karnataka; city town: Belagavi; police station or unit: District Armed Reserve (DAR), Belagavi (escort party); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Armed Reserve Sub-Inspector (ARSI), District Armed Reserve (DAR), Belagavi (escort party, Central Prison Hindalga) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Belagavi man, age 65; Belagavi man, age 21; Belagavi man, age 34; Belagavi man, age 31; Belagavi man, age 37; Belagavi man, age 40; Belagavi man, age 38 (7 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 35,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench (H.N. Nagamohan Das, J.) held that undertrial prisoners in Crime No. 62/2006 were produced before the JMFC, Belagavi, in handcuffs on 24.11.2006 without magisterial permission, in clear violation of the Supreme Court directions in the handcuffing cases. The Court held the admitted handcuffing infringed the petitioners dignity and human rights and directed the State to pay Rs 5,000 to each of the surviving petitioners (Rs 35,000 total), leaving it open to hold an enquiry against escort officer. Petitioner. 2 died during pendency and the petition abated as to him. The memo lists eight petitioners, so seven survivors receive compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The fact that the respondents brought the petitioners from the jail to the Court in handcuff is in clear violation of the directions issued by the Supreme Court

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/163383470/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Belagavi Man & Ors. vs The State of Karnataka & 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2013-10-10', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 35,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2014 (3) AKR 428', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/163383470/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Verified; corrected survivors to 7 named and subcategory to other (unlawful handcuffing).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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