# Bhalki Man vs The State of Maharashtra and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 October 2019 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1778 of 2018, the Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, K.K. Sonawane, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Circle Police Inspector, Bidar, Karnataka; Police, Bhalki (Rural) Police Station, Bidar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: KA 38 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1778 of 2018
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, K.K. Sonawane, JJ.), 17 October 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Circle Police Inspector, Bidar, Karnataka; Police, Bhalki (Rural) Police Station, Bidar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Karnataka police (Respondent Nos.4 to 6) are hereby directed to pay compensation of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand Only) to the husband of Petitioner.” (at para Order II)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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/62360503/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0018)

**Record:** CW-2019-0018 (compiler id CWC-0689); case GAP4-008
**Title:** Bhalki Man vs The State of Maharashtra and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: T.V. Nalawade; K.K. Sonawane
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1778 of 2018
**Judgment:** 2019-10-17 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2018-10-14 (2018)
**Place:** Bidar, Karnataka; city town: Bhalki; police station or unit: Bhalki (Rural) Police Station, Bidar, Karnataka; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Circle Police Inspector, Bidar, Karnataka; Police, Bhalki (Rural) Police Station, Bidar (2 in record)
**Victims:** Bhalki man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) records the following account. The petitioner, a Pardhi-community woman of Jintur (Parbhani, Maharashtra), alleged her husband, a farmer, was picked up without stated reason by Karnataka police from Parbhani railway station on 14 October 2018 along with his car, gold ornaments and cash, kept at Bhalki (Rural) police station till 24 October 2018, and subjected to third-degree torture. The Bhalki police replied that he was picked up at Parbhani only on 23 October 2018 in Crime No.18 of 2018, produced before the Bhalki Circle Inspector that night and formally arrested on 24 October 2018, denying torture or seizure of valuables. The Court held that even on the police's own case the detention from 23 October 2018 till production before the Bhalki Magistrate on 24 October 2018 was illegal and unauthorised, called the 14-October version also probable, allowed the petition, and directed the Karnataka respondents to pay Rs.50,000 compensation within 45 days (8% interest on default). It sent copies to both State governments, expected departmental inquiry and action, and permitted recovery from the officers concerned. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The Karnataka police (Respondent Nos.4 to 6) are hereby directed to pay compensation of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand Only) to the husband of Petitioner.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/62360503/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**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:** Order II
**display title redacted:** Bhalki Man vs The 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2019-10-17', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 1778 of 2018', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/62360503/', '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 judgment verified; 10-day inter-state detention by Karnataka police held illegal, Rs. 50,000 awarded.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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