CW-2019-0010Wardha, MaharashtraJudgment 17 December 2019

Deoli Man and Another vs State of Maharashtra and Others

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. A Deoli man and his son Dr. Indraprasad Futane, parties to a temple-trust dispute in Deoli, were detained at Deoli police station from 5:00 AM to 12:00 PM on 5 February 2014 under Section 151(1) CrPC before being taken to an Executive Magistrate. The Bombay High Court found that the police officer had no knowledge of any design to commit a cognizable offence and that earlier complaints were non-cognizable, holding the Section 151(1) justification misleading and a cover-up for illegal and motivated detention. Drawing an adverse inference for the non-production and loss of official records, the High Court declared the detention illegal, quashed the Chapter VIII CrPC proceedings, ordered Police Inspector Dhananjay Sayare to pay compensation of Rs 1 lakh to each petitioner personally along with Rs 10,000 costs each, and directed that an entry of the judgment be recorded in the officer's service book. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 17 December 2019 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 183/2014, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Z.A. Haq, M.G. Giratkar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Dhananjay Sayare (Police Inspector); Police Constable, Police Station Deoli, District Wardha, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

Register number
MH 32 CW 0003
Case reference
Criminal Writ Petition No. 183/2014
Court and date
Bombay High Court (Coram: Z.A. Haq, M.G. Giratkar, JJ.), 17 December 2019
Officer(s) at the material time
Dhananjay Sayare (Police Inspector); Police Constable, Police Station Deoli, District Wardha
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 151(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Depriving a person of his liberty guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India cannot be left to the whims and wishes of the police officer, and if it is permitted it would be conferring arbitrary and unbridled powers …” (at para 10)
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 Bombay High Court judgment dated 17 December 2019 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“Depriving a person of his liberty guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution of India cannot be left to the whims and wishes of the police officer, and if it is permitted it would be conferring arbitrary and unbridled powers …” (para 10)

Institutional response

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17 Dec 2019

Order issued

Concluded
Bombay High Court External · Binding

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

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: Criminal Writ Petition No. 183/2014
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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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