# Kolkata Man and Another vs The State of West Bengal and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 March 2015 in W.P. No. 33241 (W) of 2013, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Dipankar Datta, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (R-4), Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police; Additional Officer-in-Charge (R-5), Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: WB 01 CW 0008
- Case reference: W.P. No. 33241 (W) of 2013
- Court and date: Calcutta High Court (Coram: Dipankar Datta, J.), 10 March 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (R-4), Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police; Additional Officer-in-Charge (R-5), Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 66A of the IT Act, 2000; Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Relief claimed is moulded by declaring that the petitioners' human rights were indeed violated by public servants; consequently, the State Government shall adequately compensate the petitioners. They shall be entitled to Rs. 50,000/- each as compensatory relief, to be released …” (at para 71)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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/38644431/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0003)

**Record:** CW-2015-0003 (compiler id CWC-0423); case WESTBE-004
**Title:** Kolkata Man and Another vs The State of West Bengal and Others
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: Dipankar Datta
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 33241 (W) of 2013
**Judgment:** 2015-03-10 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-04-12 (2012)
**Place:** Kolkata, West Bengal; city town: Kolkata; police station or unit: Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226; IPC 509; IT Act 2000 s.66A; IPC 500; IPC 114
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (R-4), Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police; Additional Officer-in-Charge (R-5), Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police (2 in record)
**Victims:** Kolkata man; Kolkata man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. Jadavpur University professor a Kolkata man and his neighbour a Kolkata man were manhandled by a mob and then arrested by Purba Jadavpur police on the night of 12 April 2012 for circulating an email cartoon featuring the Chief Minister, spending the night in custody for bailable and non-cognizable offences. The State defended the detention as protective custody and rejected the WBHRC recommendation of Rs 50,000 compensation each plus departmental action. The Calcutta High Court held the arrests were in brazen violation of law, called the protective-custody plea a bogey, and upheld the WBHRC recommendation by awarding Rs 50,000 each plus Rs 50,000 costs. It directed disciplinary proceedings against the two respondent officers (R-4 and R-5, names redacted in the reported text) to be initiated within a month and taken to a logical conclusion. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Relief claimed is moulded by declaring that the petitioners' human rights were indeed violated by public servants; consequently, the State Government shall adequately compensate the petitioners. They shall be entitled to Rs. 50,000/- each as compensatory relief, to be released within a month from date of service of a certified copy of this judgment and order.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/38644431/); [punjabtimes.com.au](https://punjabtimes.com.au/2015/03/11/hc-directs-mamata-govt-to-compensate-ju-prof-for-arrest/)
**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:** 71
**display title redacted:** Kolkata Man and Another vs The State of West Bengal 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': \['court_quote'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2015-03-10', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. No. 33241 (W) of 2013', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/38644431/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://punjabtimes.com.au/2015/03/11/hc-directs-mamata-govt-to-compensate-ju-prof-for-arrest/', '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:** Rs 50,000 each for illegal arrest over email cartoon; disciplinary proceedings directed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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