# Surat Man vs State of Gujarat & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 December 2016 in R/Special Criminal Application (Habeas Corpus) No. 4937 of 2016, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Harsha Devani, Biren Vaishnav, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City; Superintendent, Lajpore Central Jail, Surat; Jailor Grade-2, Lajpore Central Jail, Surat, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: GJ 05 CW 0003
- Case reference: R/Special Criminal Application (Habeas Corpus) No. 4937 of 2016
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Harsha Devani, Biren Vaishnav, JJ.), 23 December 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City; Superintendent, Lajpore Central Jail, Surat; Jailor Grade-2, Lajpore Central Jail, Surat
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the detenue has remained under illegal incarceration/detention at the hands of the authorities and State for a period of more than a month is established” (at para 14)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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/4928132/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0036)

**Record:** CW-2016-0036 (compiler id CWC-0802); case GAP2-23-004
**Title:** Surat Man vs State of Gujarat & Ors.
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Harsha Devani; Biren Vaishnav
**Case number / citation:** R/Special Criminal Application (Habeas Corpus) No. 4937 of 2016
**Judgment:** 2016-12-23 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2016-06-06 (2016)
**Place:** Surat, Gujarat; city town: Surat; police station or unit: Lajpore Central Jail, Surat (detention ordered by Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Commissioner of Police, Rajkot City; Superintendent, Lajpore Central Jail, Surat; Jailor Grade-2, Lajpore Central Jail, Surat (3 in record)
**Victims:** Surat man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Gujarat High Court Division Bench (Harsha Devani and Biren Vaishnav JJ., 23 December 2016) allowed the habeas corpus petition of Hamirbhai Gabu on behalf of detenue a Surat man The court recorded that the PASA detention order of 27 May 2016 was revoked by the State Government on 6 June 2016, yet the detenue was released from Lajpore Central Jail, Surat only on 12 July 2016 though required in no other case. The court held it established that he remained under illegal incarceration at the hands of the authorities and the State for more than a month, showing scant regard for personal liberty under Article 21. It directed the State to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to the detenue plus Rs 10,000 costs and made the rule absolute. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> the detenue has remained under illegal incarceration/detention at the hands of the authorities and State for a period of more than a month is established

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/4928132/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/58ba44c32713e13a98901a24)
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Surat Man vs State of Gujarat & 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': '2016-12-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'R/Special Criminal Application (Habeas Corpus) No. 4937 of 2016', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/4928132/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/58ba44c32713e13a98901a24', '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:** Habeas corpus allowed; 37-day illegal detention after revocation established; Rs 50,000 compensation + Rs 10,000 costs.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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