# Aalo Man v. The Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 November 2015 in WP(Crl.) No. 07 of 2014, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: Ujjal Bhuyan, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Arresting officers, Aalo Police Station (Aalo PS Case 7/2014); Sub-Inspector of Police, Naharlagun Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: AR 08 CW 0001
- Case reference: WP(Crl.) No. 07 of 2014
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: Ujjal Bhuyan, J.), 5 November 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Arresting officers, Aalo Police Station (Aalo PS Case 7/2014); Sub-Inspector of Police, Naharlagun Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 468 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “admittedly, the fundamental right of petitioner's brother under Articles 21 & 22 of the Constitution of India was violated”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/136434499/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0010)

**Record:** CW-2015-0010 (compiler id CWC-0626); case SWILLEGA-056
**Title:** Aalo Man v. The Union of India and Others
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; judges: Ujjal Bhuyan
**Case number / citation:** WP(Crl.) No. 07 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2015-11-05 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2014-05-06 (2014)
**Place:** West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh; city town: Aalo; police station or unit: Aalo Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 420; IPC 468; IPC 406; IPC 120B; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Arresting officers, Aalo Police Station (Aalo PS Case 7/2014); Sub-Inspector of Police, Naharlagun Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Aalo man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

remove/replace final sentence; State explanation + admission recorded. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> admittedly, the fundamental right of petitioner's brother under Articles 21 & 22 of the Constitution of India was violated

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/136434499/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b4959e607dba348f013a6c)
**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
**display title redacted:** Aalo Man v. The Union of India 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': \['court_quote', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2015-11-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gauhati High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'WP(Crl.) No. 07 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/136434499/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b4959e607dba348f013a6c', '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:** Gauhati HC awarded Rs 50K exemplary costs for admitted Art 22(2) violation (no transit remand, Kolkata-Aalo).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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