# Vadakara Man vs Vadakara Man and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 August 2016 in W.A. No. 1457 of 2016 in W.P.(C) No. 15863 of 2015, the Kerala High Court (Coram: Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Sub Inspector, Vadakara Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: KL 11 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.A. No. 1457 of 2016 in W.P.(C) No. 15863 of 2015
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, JJ.), 3 August 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub Inspector, Vadakara Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “we also find from the records that the appellant is guilty of misconduct” (at para 5)
- 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/79783045/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0010)

**Record:** CW-2016-0010 (compiler id CWC-0697); case GAP11-003
**Title:** Vadakara Man vs Vadakara Man and Others
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: Mohan M. Shantanagoudar; Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan
**Case number / citation:** W.A. No. 1457 of 2016 in W.P.(C) No. 15863 of 2015
**Judgment:** 2016-08-03 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-05-01 (2012)
**Place:** Kozhikode, Kerala; city town: Vadakara; police station or unit: Vadakara Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub Inspector, Vadakara Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Vadakara man, age 70 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. In May 2012, Sub Inspector of Vadakara Police Station took 70-year-old retired teacher a Vadakara man into custody for alleged smoking in public; the victim alleged he was dragged by the collar, abused in public, lost a gold chain, and suffered a heart attack after release on bail. A disciplinary enquiry followed and the officer did not oppose the writ petition; the Single Judge directed Rs.1,00,000 be paid out of the officer's salary. The Division Bench dismissed the officer's appeal, recording its own finding that he was guilty of misconduct, acted without due diligence and violated the D.K. Basu custody guidelines, and confirmed the salary-recovery direction within two months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> we also find from the records that the appellant is guilty of misconduct

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/79783045/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/39403313/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Vadakara Man vs Vadakara Man 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': '2016-08-03', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala 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.A. No. 1457 of 2016 in W.P.(C) No. 15863 of 2015', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/79783045/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/39403313/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** DB upheld Rs.1 lakh damages from officer's salary for D.K. Basu violations against 70-year-old detainee.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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