CW-2015-0026Jalna, MaharashtraJudgment 9 June 2015

Ambad Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. The petitioner, a civil engineer from Airoli (Navi Mumbai), was picked up by Ambad police on 12 April 2014 in a dowry complaint case but produced before the Magistrate only on 14 April 2014, and was also subjected to a forced medical examination. The Division Bench held his detention from 3 p.m. on 13 April to 11 a.m. on 14 April 2014 and the medical examination illegal, in violation of Articles 21 and 22(2) of the Constitution. The court held that compensation in public law for such violations is a strict liability, relying on D.K. Basu and Nilabati Behera. It allowed the writ with Rs 2,00,000 compensation plus Rs 20,000 costs on the State, directed a major-penalty inquiry against ASI with recovery of the payout, and left tort, section 357 CrPC and Arnesh Kumar contempt remedies open. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 9 June 2015 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 725 of 2014, the Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, Indira Jain, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ambad Police Station, Jalna; Police Inspector, Ambad Police Station, Jalna; Police Head Constable, Ambad Police Station, Jalna, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

Register number
MH 21 CW 0003
Case reference
Criminal Writ Petition No. 725 of 2014 / (2015) 3 BomCR(Cri) 494
Court and date
Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, Indira Jain, JJ.), 9 June 2015
Officer(s) at the material time
Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ambad Police Station, Jalna; Police Inspector, Ambad Police Station, Jalna; Police Head Constable, Ambad Police Station, Jalna
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India; Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 357 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The detention of the petitioner from 3.00 p.m. of 13.4.2014 to 11.00 a.m. of 14.4.2014 in the custody of respondent No. 2 is held to be illegal, the medical examination of petitioner was also illegal and it was in violation …” (at para Order clause (iii))
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 9 June 2015 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The detention of the petitioner from 3.00 p.m. of 13.4.2014 to 11.00 a.m. of 14.4.2014 in the custody of respondent No. 2 is held to be illegal, the medical examination of petitioner was also illegal and it was in violation …” (para Order clause (iii))

Institutional response

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9 Jun 2015

Order issued

Concluded
Bombay High Court External · Binding

The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2015) 3 BomCR(Cri) 494
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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