CW-2018-0017Nanded, MaharashtraJudgment 10 December 2018

Nanded Man vs State of Maharashtra and Ors.

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. A Nanded man died an unnatural death in the Vajirabad Police Station lock-up, Nanded, while in custody in Crime No. 104/2013 of Vimantal Police Station; his parents and daughter obtained Rs 7 lakh compensation from the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench (Crl WP 39/2015, 4.7.2016), which also ordered immediate recovery from the Investigating Officer-in-charge, Amol Kadu. The Supreme Court affirmed that monetary compensation is an appropriate remedy for the established infringement of the fundamental right to life and that the State is vicariously liable on strict liability. It modified only the recovery direction, holding the State may recover from the erring officials once liability for the crime is fastened, and disposed of the appeal in those terms.

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By judgment dated 10 December 2018 in Criminal Appeal No. 1585 of 2018 (arising out of SLP (Crl) No. 6488 of 2016), the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Uday Umesh Lalit, R. Subhash Reddy, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Vimantal Police Station (Crime No. 104/2013), Nanded, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 7 lakh (Rs 7,00,000).

Register number
MH 26 CW 0003
Case reference
Criminal Appeal No. 1585 of 2018 (arising out of SLP (Crl) No. 6488 of 2016) / (2019) 13 SCC 595; (2018) INSC 1000
Court and date
Supreme Court of India (Coram: Uday Umesh Lalit, R. Subhash Reddy, JJ.), 10 December 2018
Officer(s) at the material time
Police personnel, Vimantal Police Station (Crime No. 104/2013), Nanded
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“We therefore modify the aforesaid direction of the High Court and state that as and when the liability for the crime in question is fastened, the State shall be at liberty to recover the amount of compensation from the concerned …” (at para n/a)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Compensation: Rs 7 lakh (Rs 7,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
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Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“We therefore modify the aforesaid direction of the High Court and state that as and when the liability for the crime in question is fastened, the State shall be at liberty to recover the amount of compensation from the concerned …” (para n/a)

Institutional response

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10 Dec 2018

Order issued

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The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 700,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2019) 13 SCC 595; (2018) INSC 1000
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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.

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