CW-2018-0010Kamrup Metropolitan, AssamJudgment 21 August 2018

Guwahati Man vs Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (M) and Others

The Gauhati High Court awarded Rs 2,00,000 compensation to advocate's clerk a Guwahati man for unauthorised detention and torture at Panbazar Police Station from 21 to 23 August 2011. The Court found he was kept confined without arrest and subjected to inhuman torture in connection with a bail-bond forgery probe ordered on a complaint by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, then let off. It directed the Commissioner of Police, Guwahati City to deposit the amount with the Registry within 60 days. The full judgment text sits behind paywalls; the operative direction is quoted identically in two independent legal databases. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 21 August 2018, the Gauhati High Court returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Panbazar Police Station, Guwahati, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

Register number
AS 25 CW 0005
Case reference
Not stated
Court and date
Gauhati High Court, 21 August 2018
Officer(s) at the material time
Police personnel, Panbazar Police Station, Guwahati
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Detention of the petitioner in police custody from 3 am of 22.8.2011 to 2:00 p.m. of 23.8.2011 and the violence inflicted upon him during that period in custody is clearly unconstitutional and illegal. It is not a case of negligence …” (at para 25)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Gauhati High Court judgment dated 21 August 2018 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial torturePrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“Detention of the petitioner in police custody from 3 am of 22.8.2011 to 2:00 p.m. of 23.8.2011 and the violence inflicted upon him during that period in custody is clearly unconstitutional and illegal. It is not a case of negligence …” (para 25)

Institutional response

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21 Aug 2018

Order issued

Concluded
Gauhati High Court External · Binding

The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: Gauhati High Court judgment 2018-08-21
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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