# Maihar Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 April 2016 in W.P. No. 3130 of 2010, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S. K. Seth, Rajendra Mahajan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (Head Constable at time of incident), Police Station Maihar, Satna; Station House Officer, Police Station Maihar, Satna, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5.8 lakh (Rs 5,80,000).

- Register number: MP 19 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P. No. 3130 of 2010
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S. K. Seth, Rajendra Mahajan, JJ.), 29 April 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (Head Constable at time of incident), Police Station Maihar, Satna; Station House Officer, Police Station Maihar, Satna
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 177 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 182 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 205 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Respondent Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 jointly and severely pay to respondent a Maihar man's wife \[name withheld\] and his two sons a total compensation of Rs. 5,80,000/-” (at para 6.1)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5.8 lakh (Rs 5,80,000).
- 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/143929519/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0027)

**Record:** CW-2016-0027 (compiler id CWC-1261); case GAP3-78-002
**Title:** Maihar Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: S. K. Seth; Rajendra Mahajan
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 3130 of 2010
**Judgment:** 2016-04-29 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-11-29 (2009)
**Place:** Satna, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Maihar; police station or unit: Police Station Maihar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 177; IPC 182; IPC 205; IPC 365; IPC 201; IPC 120B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (Head Constable at time of incident), Police Station Maihar, Satna; Station House Officer, Police Station Maihar, Satna (2 in record)
**Victims:** Maihar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5.8 lakh (Rs 5,80,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. On 29 November 2009, Head Constable of PS Maihar (Satna) took a Maihar man @ a Maihar man from his home in village Dhanwahi for interrogation; he was never seen again. The court found the police fabricated a paper trail showing his arrest on 2 December 2009 and release on bail, with an impersonator produced before the SDM, a fact confirmed by a CID enquiry and a judicial enquiry by the CJM Satna. Treating the untraced disappearance as a custodial death under the Nilabati Behera principle, the Division Bench held the State, SP Satna, SHO and \[name withheld\] jointly and severally liable. It ordered Rs 5,80,000 compensation to the wife and two sons within two months with 6 percent default interest, disbursed under the District Judge Satna's supervision, noting a criminal case against \[name withheld\] was pending trial.

> Respondent Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 jointly and severely pay to respondent a Maihar man's wife \[name withheld\] and his two sons a total compensation of Rs. 5,80,000/-

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/143929519/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** enforced_disappearance
**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:** 6.1
**display title redacted:** Maihar Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**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': '2016-04-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 580,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. No. 3130 of 2010', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/143929519/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** enforced disappearance
**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:** Custodial disappearance established; Rs 5.8L compensation ordered against State, SP, SHO and SI.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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