# Daman Man vs Union Territory of Diu, Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 December 2016 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1545 of 2016, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A.S. Oka, A.A. Sayed, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Constable, Daman Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000).

- Register number: DD 03 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1545 of 2016
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: A.S. Oka, A.A. Sayed, JJ.), 22 December 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Daman Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We hold that the administration of the said Union Territory has violated the fundamental rights of the Petitioner guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India by illegally handcuffing and parading him on 2nd July 2009.” (at para 17)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000).
- 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/36122219/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0009)

**Record:** CW-2016-0009 (compiler id CWC-0128); case GOADNH-002
**Title:** Daman Man vs Union Territory of Diu, Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: A.S. Oka; A.A. Sayed
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1545 of 2016
**Judgment:** 2016-12-22 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-07-02 (2009)
**Place:** Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; city town: Daman; police station or unit: Daman Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 384; IPC 506
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Daman Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Daman man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court held that the Daman administration grossly violated journalist Satish Sharma's fundamental rights under Article 21 by illegally handcuffing and parading him, then an undertrial in an extortion case, from Nani Daman bus stand to Daman police station through a crowded market on 2 July 2009. The parading, by three police constables without magisterial permission, was contrary to the Supreme Court's Prem Shankar Shukla and Citizens for Democracy directions, and stood proved by the unchallenged enquiry report of the Principal District Judge, Silvassa. The Court directed the Union Territory to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation plus Rs 25,000 costs within two months (9% interest on default), ordered an enquiry to fix responsibility on the erring officers, and kept the petitioner's civil remedy open. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We hold that the administration of the said Union Territory has violated the fundamental rights of the Petitioner guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India by illegally handcuffing and parading him on 2nd July 2009.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/36122219/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/bombay-hc-directs-dadra-nagar-haveli-govt-pay-rs-4-lakh-relief-journalist)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 17
**display title redacted:** Daman Man vs Union Territory of Diu, Daman and Dadra & Nagar Haveli 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2016-12-22', '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 400,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 1545 of 2016', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/36122219/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/bombay-hc-directs-dadra-nagar-haveli-govt-pay-rs-4-lakh-relief-journalist', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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 judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; illegal handcuffing/parading, Rs 4 lakh + costs.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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