# Shillong Man vs The State of Meghalaya and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 March 2014 in WP(C) No. 66/2012, the Meghalaya High Court (Coram: T. Nandakumar Singh, J.) returned findings adverse to the UBC Constable No. 1760, Traffic Branch, Madanriting Police Station, East Khasi Hills, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 40,000.

- Register number: ML 05 CW 0003
- Case reference: WP(C) No. 66/2012
- Court and date: Meghalaya High Court (Coram: T. Nandakumar Singh, J.), 21 March 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: UBC Constable No. 1760, Traffic Branch, Madanriting Police Station, East Khasi Hills
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the given case, this Court is of the considered view that the relief of monetary compensation, as exemplary damages for established infringement of the indefeasible right of the petitioner guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution is required to …” (at para 32)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 40,000.
- 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/40093995/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0025)

**Record:** CW-2014-0025 (compiler id CWC-0864); case GAP2-43-005
**Title:** Shillong Man vs The State of Meghalaya and Others
**Court:** Meghalaya High Court; judges: T. Nandakumar Singh
**Case number / citation:** WP(C) No. 66/2012
**Judgment:** 2014-03-21 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-09-09 (2011)
**Place:** East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya; city town: Shillong; police station or unit: Traffic Branch, Madanriting Police Station, Shillong; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** UBC Constable No. 1760, Traffic Branch, Madanriting Police Station, East Khasi Hills (1 in record)
**Victims:** Shillong man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 40,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Meghalaya High Court records the following account. Taxi driver \[name withheld\] was intercepted near Nongthymmai on 09.09.2011, taken to Madanriting Traffic Branch over an alleged traffic offence, and assaulted by UBC \[name withheld\] when he could produce only Rs. 170 of the demanded fine, suffering a bleeding lacerated injury to his left eye. A departmental proceeding had already found the constable guilty beyond any shred of doubt and imposed censure. The High Court held the assault an established infringement of the indefeasible right under Article 21 and awarded Rs. 40,000 as exemplary damages payable jointly or severally by the State, DGP and SP within 40 days. It directed recovery of Rs. 10,000 from the respondent constable salary after payment to the petitioner. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the given case, this Court is of the considered view that the relief of monetary compensation, as exemplary damages for established infringement of the indefeasible right of the petitioner guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution is required to be granted to the petitioner as such remedy is available in public law and the purpose of public law is not only to civilize public power but also to assure the citizen that they live under a legal system which aims to protect their interests and preserve their rights.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/40093995/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 32
**display title redacted:** Shillong Man vs The State of Meghalaya 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2014-03-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Meghalaya High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Meghalaya High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 40,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'WP(C) No. 66/2012', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/40093995/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** Assault by traffic constable proved; Rs. 40,000 exemplary compensation with recovery from salary.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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