# Dhari Resident vs State of Gujarat through Secretary and Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 October 2013 in Special Civil Application No. 595 of 2009, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: S. G. Shah, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: District Magistrate, Amreli; Police Sub-Inspector, Dhari Police Station, Amreli, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: GJ 14 CW 0002
- Case reference: Special Civil Application No. 595 of 2009
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: S. G. Shah, J.), 7 October 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: District Magistrate, Amreli; Police Sub-Inspector, Dhari Police Station, Amreli
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: PASA 1985 s.3(2)
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, I hold that respondents have misused their powers under the PASA for illegal detention and hence the petitioner is entitled to compensation.” (at para 20)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- 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://cjp.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/visamanbhai-SCA5952009_GJHC240085502009_308_07102013.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0035)

**Record:** CW-2013-0035 (compiler id CWC-0800); case GAP2-23-002
**Title:** Dhari Resident vs State of Gujarat through Secretary and Anr.
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: S. G. Shah
**Case number / citation:** Special Civil Application No. 595 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2013-10-07 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-12-16 (2007)
**Place:** Amreli, Gujarat; city town: Dhari; police station or unit: Dhari Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** PASA 1985 s.3(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** District Magistrate, Amreli; Police Sub-Inspector, Dhari Police Station, Amreli (4 in record)
**Victims:** Dhari resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The petitioner was detained under the Gujarat PASA Act by the District Magistrate, Amreli on 16-12-2007 on police-sponsored material and held for about 45 days. The High Court found the detention order illegal, passed on vague and arbitrary grounds with an ulterior motive to harass: the complainant denied the incident, signatory witnesses disowned complaints, and no statements were properly considered. Relying on Nilabati Behera and the Uphaar Tragedy case on compensation for Article 21 violations, the court awarded Rs.1,50,000 compensation payable by the State within eight weeks, recoverable in equal proportions from the erring officers' salaries. The petition was allowed to that extent and the Rule made absolute. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Therefore, I hold that respondents have misused their powers under the PASA for illegal detention and hence the petitioner is entitled to compensation.

**Sources (2):** [cjp.org.in](https://cjp.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/visamanbhai-SCA5952009_GJHC240085502009_308_07102013.pdf); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/439883/visamanbhai-d-dhola-vs-state-of-gujarat-and-another/)
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Dhari Resident vs State of Gujarat through Secretary and Anr.
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2013-10-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Special Civil Application No. 595 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://cjp.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/visamanbhai-SCA5952009_GJHC240085502009_308_07102013.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/439883/visamanbhai-d-dhola-vs-state-of-gujarat-and-another/', '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:** HC held 45-day PASA detention illegal and actuated by ulterior motive; awarded Rs.1,50,000 compensation recoverable from erring officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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