# Rahuri Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 October 2013 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 964 of 2012, the Bombay High Court (Coram: K.U. Chandiwal, A.I.S. Cheema, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Ashok Rajput (Police Inspector); Vikramsing Pawar (Police Inspector); L. A. Kamble (Investigating Officer (B.No. 1096)); Dagadu Ujagare (Court Constable / Police Head Constable), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: MH 16 CW 0003
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 964 of 2012 / 2014 ALL MR (Cri) 31
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: K.U. Chandiwal, A.I.S. Cheema, JJ.), 22 October 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ashok Rajput (Police Inspector); Vikramsing Pawar (Police Inspector); L. A. Kamble (Investigating Officer (B.No. 1096)); Dagadu Ujagare (Court Constable / Police Head Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Our conclusions are: there is apparent, patent incontrovertible violation of Article 21 of Constitution of India; it, indeed, shocks the conscience of the Court.” (at para 23)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
- 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/161582378/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0015)

**Record:** CW-2013-0015 (compiler id CWC-0256); case SWILLEGA-039
**Title:** Rahuri Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: K.U. Chandiwal; A.I.S. Cheema
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 964 of 2012 / 2014 ALL MR (Cri) 31
**Judgment:** 2013-10-22 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-08-19 (2012)
**Place:** Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Ahmednagar); city town: Rahuri; police station or unit: Rahuri Police Station / Local Crime Branch, Ahmednagar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 151; CrPC 107; Constitution Art 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ashok Rajput (Police Inspector); Vikramsing Pawar (Police Inspector); L. A. Kamble (Investigating Officer (B.No. 1096)); Dagadu Ujagare (Court Constable / Police Head Constable) (4 in record)
**Victims:** Rahuri man, age 47 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad held that Rahuri and Local Crime Branch police illegally arrested and detained agriculturist a Rahuri man from 19 to 22 August 2012, dragging him from court under a sham Section 151 CrPC and Chapter VIII procedure without recording reasons, to torture, humiliate and teach him a lesson. Two inquiry reports supported the petitioner, and the court rejected the officers' belated apology and procedural justification. Holding the detention a gross violation of Article 21 that shocked the conscience of the court, it awarded Rs 3,00,000 compensation payable by the State by 22 December 2013, with liberty to recover from the four guilty officers for their deliberate dereliction of duty. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Our conclusions are: there is apparent, patent incontrovertible violation of Article 21 of Constitution of India; it, indeed, shocks the conscience of the Court.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161582378/)
**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:** 23
**display title redacted:** Rahuri Man v. State of Maharashtra & 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': '2013-10-22', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2014 ALL MR (Cri) 31', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161582378/', '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:** Sham s.151 detention from court premises; Rs 3 lakh award verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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