# Kannad Man and Another vs The State of Maharashtra and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 November 2019 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 955 of 2019, the Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, S.M. Gavhane, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Assistant Police Inspector, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Head Constable, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Head Constable, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Naik, Pishor Police Station, Kannad, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

- Register number: MH 20 CW 0012
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 955 of 2019 / AIR Online 2019 Bom 1128; 2020(1) Bom CR (Cri) 33
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, S.M. Gavhane, JJ.), 5 November 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Police Inspector, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Head Constable, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Head Constable, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Naik, Pishor Police Station, Kannad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It was not that serious incident in which custodial interrogation was necessary.” (at para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25,000.
- 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/158433165/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0019)

**Record:** CW-2019-0019 (compiler id CWC-0709); case GAP4-009
**Title:** Kannad Man and Another vs The State of Maharashtra and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: T.V. Nalawade; S.M. Gavhane
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 955 of 2019 / AIR Online 2019 Bom 1128; 2020(1) Bom CR (Cri) 33
**Judgment:** 2019-11-05 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2019-05-31 (2019)
**Place:** Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Aurangabad); city town: Kannad; police station or unit: Pishor Police Station, Kannad; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 323; IPC 324
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Police Inspector, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Head Constable, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Head Constable, Pishor Police Station, Kannad; Police Naik, Pishor Police Station, Kannad (4 in record)
**Victims:** Kannad man, age 42; Kannad man, age 23 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. After cross-complaints over a private quarrel on 9 May 2019, Pishor police arrested father-son petitioners a Kannad man (42, labour contractor) and Amol Pawar (23, student) on 31 May 2019 though custodial interrogation was unnecessary for such a minor incident. The petitioners alleged mala fide arrest, illegal detention of at least four hours, assault at the station and illegal handcuffing. The Aurangabad Bench partly allowed the petition, declared the arrest and detention illegal, and directed Rs. 10,000 to petitioner no. 1 and Rs. 15,000 to petitioner no. 2 within 45 days (8% interest on default), granting only nominal compensation on a possible police misconception that Section 324 IPC was non-bailable. It gave the State liberty to recover from the concerned officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It was not that serious incident in which custodial interrogation was necessary.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158433165/)
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** Kannad Man and Another 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2019-11-05', '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 25,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIR Online 2019 Bom 1128; 2020(1) Bom CR (Cri) 33', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158433165/', '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; arrest/detention of father-son pair held illegal, Rs. 10,000 + Rs. 15,000 awarded.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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