# Deoli Man and Another vs State of Maharashtra and Others

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-368892.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0010)

**Record:** CW-2019-0010 (compiler id CWC-0255); case MAHARA-015; aliases: CWC-1471
**Title:** Deoli Man and Another vs State of Maharashtra and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Nagpur; judges: Z.A. Haq; M.G. Giratkar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 183/2014
**Judgment:** 2019-12-17 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2014-02-05 (2014)
**Place:** Wardha, Maharashtra; city town: Deoli; police station or unit: Police Station Deoli; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.151(1); CrPC Chapter VIII; Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Dhananjay Sayare (Police Inspector); Police Constable, Police Station Deoli, District Wardha (2 in record)
**Victims:** Deoli man, age 57; Deoli man, age 26 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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 on the police officers / authorities.

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-368892.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/depriving-person-liberty-article-21-whims-of-the-police-officer-bombay-hc-fines-cop-rs1-lakh-for-illegal-detention-151468); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2020/01/08/bom-hc-police-inspector-to-pay-rs-1-lakh-compensation-to-petitioners-for-high-handed-action-and-illegal-detention-under-s-151-1-crpc/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/71877036/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Deoli Man and Another vs State of Maharashtra and Others
**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': '2019-12-17', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 183/2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-368892.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/depriving-person-liberty-article-21-whims-of-the-police-officer-bombay-hc-fines-cop-rs1-lakh-for-illegal-detention-151468', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2020/01/08/bom-hc-police-inspector-to-pay-rs-1-lakh-compensation-to-petitioners-for-high-handed-action-and-illegal-detention-under-s-151-1-crpc/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/71877036/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** High Court held preventive detention under s.151(1) CrPC illegal, quashed Chapter VIII CrPC proceedings, ordered PI Dhananjay Sayare to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation per petitioner personally and entered judgment in his service book.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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