# Ahmednagar Man v. State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 July 2019 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 906 of 2018, the Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, K.K. Sonawane, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Vishal L. Sanas (Police Sub-Inspector), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MH 16 CW 0007
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 906 of 2018
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, K.K. Sonawane, JJ.), 11 July 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Vishal L. Sanas (Police Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 167 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): “The aforesaid circumstances show that there was apparent malice.” (at para 33)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/31595477/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0014)

**Record:** CW-2019-0014 (compiler id CWC-0734); case SWILLEGA-093
**Title:** Ahmednagar Man v. State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: T.V. Nalawade; K.K. Sonawane
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 906 of 2018
**Judgment:** 2019-07-11 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2014-10-26 (2014)
**Place:** Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Ahmednagar); city town: Ahmednagar; police station or unit: Kotwali Police Station, Ahmednagar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.41; CrPC s.50; CrPC s.167; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Vishal L. Sanas (Police Sub-Inspector) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ahmednagar man, age 64; Ahmednagar woman, age 54; Ahmednagar woman, age 32 (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Three members of an advocate family were arrested on 26 October 2014 in bailable offences and kept in the Kotwali lockup before being remanded to police custody till 29 October, with bail refused. The Additional Sessions Judge had already held in revision that the arrest, detention and remand order were illegal. The High Court agreed, holding the circumstances showed apparent malice on the part of PSI. It allowed the petition and directed total compensation of Rs 5 lakh to all petitioners together within 45 days, leaving the State free to recover the amount from the officer after due procedure. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The aforesaid circumstances show that there was apparent malice.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/31595477/)
**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:** 33
**display title redacted:** Ahmednagar Man v. State of Maharashtra
**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': '2019-07-11', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 906 of 2018', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/31595477/', '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:** HC found arrest/detention illegal with apparent malice, awarded Rs 5 lakh; matches outcome.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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