# Chincholi Kajale, Taluka Ausa Man v. State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 July 2017 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 251 of 2007, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Sunil K. Kotwal, T. V. Nalawade, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Bhada Police Station; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bhada Police Station; Police Constable, Bhada Police Station; Police Constable, Bhada Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MH 24 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 251 of 2007
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: Sunil K. Kotwal, T. V. Nalawade, JJ.), 31 July 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Bhada Police Station; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bhada Police Station; Police Constable, Bhada Police Station; Police Constable, Bhada Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus, obviously the detention of husband of the petitioner by Respondent Nos.6 to 9 at Police Station Bhada was illegal and the custodial death of deceased \[name withheld\] resulted only due to high handedness and dereliction of duty by police.” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/161434986/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0007)

**Record:** CW-2017-0007 (compiler id CWC-0247); case MAHARA-005
**Title:** Chincholi Kajale, Taluka Ausa Man v. State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: Sunil K. Kotwal; T. V. Nalawade
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 251 of 2007
**Judgment:** 2017-07-31 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2005-12-19 (2005)
**Place:** Latur, Maharashtra; city town: Chincholi Kajale, Taluka Ausa; police station or unit: Bhada Police Station, Taluka Ausa; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 306; IPC 218; IPC 34; CrPC 41
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Bhada Police Station; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bhada Police Station; Police Constable, Bhada Police Station; Police Constable, Bhada Police Station (4 in record)
**Victims:** Chincholi Kajale, Taluka Ausa man, age 32 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)

The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) allowed the writ petition of Shivabai, holding that her husband \[name withheld\] was illegally detained at Bhada Police Station from 19-12-2005 without arrest record and died in custody on 20-12-2005. The court rejected the police story that he hanged himself in the toilet during a 5-minute load-shedding blackout, finding illegal detention, violation of personal liberty, and dereliction of duty by the police. It directed the State to pay Rs 5,00,000 compensation within two months (9% interest on default) with liberty to recover from the defaulting Bhada staff after inquiry, and noted the pending prosecution of the four officers under Sections 306, 218 read with 34 IPC (Crime No. 16 of 2006). The prosecution in Crime No. 16 of 2006 (Sections 306 and 218 read with 34 IPC) against the respondent officers was pending before the trial court; this writ granted Rs 5 lakh State compensation with recovery from defaulting staff after inquiry, recording no finding against any individual. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Thus, obviously the detention of husband of the petitioner by Respondent Nos.6 to 9 at Police Station Bhada was illegal and the custodial death of deceased \[name withheld\] resulted only due to high handedness and dereliction of duty by police.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161434986/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Chincholi Kajale, Taluka Ausa Man v. State of Maharashtra
**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': '2017-07-31', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 251 of 2007', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161434986/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Primary judgment text verified. Accused are police; adverse finding with compensation. Petition says deceased was 32; post-mortem notes say around 33. Magisterial inquiry (SDM Nilanga) additionally named P.C. N.G. Chavan and H.C. S.P. Bhande as responsible.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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