CW-2019-0021Ghaziabad, Uttar PradeshJudgment 12 December 2019

Loni Man v. The State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) and Others

The Delhi High Court (Justices S. Muralidhar and Talwant Singh) awarded Rs 50,000 each to newly-married a Loni man and a Loni woman for their illegal detention by UP police in July 2018. A Court-appointed Committee prima facie established that SI (PS Loni) took a Loni woman from JNU to her parents without her consent and kept a Loni man in the PS Loni lockup from 3 July till the night of 5 July 2018 without producing him before any court, while Delhi Police (PS Vasant Kunj North) failed to intervene or record the visit. The Court held the arrest power grossly misused in violation of s.41B CrPC safeguards, ordered compensation from Uttar Pradesh with a DGP apology, and directed disciplinary action plus compliance reports. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 12 December 2019 in W.P.(Crl.) No. 2189 of 2018, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, Talwant Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, PS Loni, Ghaziabad (UP Police); Head Constable, PS Vasant Kunj (North), Delhi Police; Lady Constable, PS Loni, Ghaziabad (UP Police); Unknown, PS Loni, Ghaziabad (UP Police); Inspector, PS Vasant Kunj (North), Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

Register number
UP 14 CW 0002
Case reference
W.P.(Crl.) No. 2189 of 2018
Court and date
Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, Talwant Singh, JJ.), 12 December 2019
Officer(s) at the material time
Sub-Inspector, PS Loni, Ghaziabad (UP Police); Head Constable, PS Vasant Kunj (North), Delhi Police; Lady Constable, PS Loni, Ghaziabad (UP Police); Unknown, PS Loni, Ghaziabad (UP Police); Inspector, PS Vasant Kunj (North), Delhi Police
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“In the facts and circumstances, the Court directs that compensation of Rs.50,000/- each to both a Loni man and a Loni woman shall be paid by the State of Uttar Pradesh for their illegal detention by the UP police which …” (at para 23)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
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 Delhi High Court judgment dated 12 December 2019 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“In the facts and circumstances, the Court directs that compensation of Rs.50,000/- each to both a Loni man and a Loni woman shall be paid by the State of Uttar Pradesh for their illegal detention by the UP police which …” (para 23)

Institutional response

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12 Dec 2019

Order issued

Concluded
Delhi High Court External · Binding

The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: W.P.(Crl.) No. 2189 of 2018
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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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