# Ambad Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/132726849/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0026)

**Record:** CW-2015-0026 (compiler id CWC-1145); case GAP3-24-002
**Title:** Ambad Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: T.V. Nalawade; Indira Jain
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 725 of 2014 / (2015) 3 BomCR(Cri) 494
**Judgment:** 2015-06-09 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2014-04-12 (2014)
**Place:** Jalna, Maharashtra; city town: Ambad; police station or unit: Ambad Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 22(2); CrPC 41; CrPC 41A; CrPC 167; CrPC 357
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ambad Police Station, Jalna; Police Inspector, Ambad Police Station, Jalna; Police Head Constable, Ambad Police Station, Jalna (3 in record)
**Victims:** Ambad man, age 31 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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 of Articles 21 and 22 (2) of Constitution of India.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/132726849/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/826279/satish-vasant-salvi-appellant-hash-state-of-maharashtra-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** Order clause (iii)
**display title redacted:** Ambad Man 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': '2015-06-09', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2015) 3 BomCR(Cri) 494', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/132726849/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/826279/satish-vasant-salvi-appellant-hash-state-of-maharashtra-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Bombay HC (Aurangabad) held Ambad-police detention of 13-14 Apr 2014 illegal under Arts 21, 22(2); Rs 2 lakh compensation + costs with major-penalty inquiry and recovery.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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