Author and researcher a Wayanad man was detained and interrogated by police in Wayanad on 20 May 2014 on suspicion of being a Maoist, a suspicion the court found was not based on any valid material, and his residence was thereafter searched by officers accompanied by Thunderbolt commandos without following CrPC procedure. The single judge awarded Rs 1,00,000 compensation with Rs 10,000 costs. A Division Bench affirmed, holding that the detention, interrogation and search were wholly unjustified, that a person cannot be persecuted merely for holding Maoist ideology, and that the compensation was neither exorbitant nor unreasonable, dismissing the State's writ appeal.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 8 July 2019 in W.A. No. 1330 of 2015, the Kerala High Court (Coram: Hrishikesh Roy, A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
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The Kerala High Court judgment dated 8 July 2019 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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Official finding: supports allegation.
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“Accordingly, merely on a suspicion that the petitioner has embraced the Maoist ideology, he cannot be persecuted by the State authorities. Article 21 of the Constitution mandates that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except …” (para 7)
The Kerala High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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