# Bhusawal Man & Anr v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 July 2014 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 16 of 2006, the Bombay High Court (Coram: S.S. Shinde, P.R. Bora, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Assistant Police Inspector, City Police Station, Bhusawal, Jalgaon; Police Inspector, Local Crime Branch, Jalgaon, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 20,000.

- Register number: MH 19 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 16 of 2006
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: S.S. Shinde, P.R. Bora, JJ.), 30 July 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Police Inspector, City Police Station, Bhusawal, Jalgaon; Police Inspector, Local Crime Branch, Jalgaon
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 41(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 111 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 116(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, in the light of the discussion herein above, the arrest of the petitioners on 23rd August, 2005 was illegal.” (at para 10)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 20,000.
- 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/147328165/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0029)

**Record:** CW-2014-0029 (compiler id CWC-1144); case GAP3-23-002
**Title:** Bhusawal Man & Anr v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: S.S. Shinde; P.R. Bora
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 16 of 2006
**Judgment:** 2014-07-30 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-08-23 (2005)
**Place:** Jalgaon, Maharashtra; city town: Bhusawal; police station or unit: City Police Station, Bhusawal; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 41(2); CrPC 107; CrPC 110; CrPC 111; CrPC 116(3)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Police Inspector, City Police Station, Bhusawal, Jalgaon; Police Inspector, Local Crime Branch, Jalgaon (2 in record)
**Victims:** Bhusawal man, age 30; Bhusawal man, age 28 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 20,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Two Bhusawal labourers who went to lodge a complaint were instead detained on 23.08.2005, arrested under s.41(2) CrPC in chapter cases under s.110(e)(g), and kept in custody till 27.08.2005 though relatives were ready with sureties. The court held there is no power to arrest on initiation of chapter proceedings, the s.41(2) arrest was unwarranted, and CrPC, constitutional and D.K. Basu safeguards were ignored. It directed the State to pay Rs.10,000 to each petitioner and to hold a departmental inquiry against the two named officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Therefore, in the light of the discussion herein above, the arrest of the petitioners on 23rd August, 2005 was illegal.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/147328165/)
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Bhusawal Man & Anr 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2014-07-30', '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 20,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 16 of 2006', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/147328165/', '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 23 Aug 2005 arrest in chapter proceedings illegal; Rs 10k each + inquiry ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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