# D. vs State of Rajasthan

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 April 2019 in D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 27/2019, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Sandeep Mehta, Vinit Kumar Mathur, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the SHO, Police Station Suhagpura, Pratapgarh, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: RJ 35 CW 0002
- Case reference: D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 27/2019
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Sandeep Mehta, Vinit Kumar Mathur, JJ.), 15 April 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: SHO, Police Station Suhagpura, Pratapgarh
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 10 of the JJ Act, 2015; Section 15 of the JJ Act, 2015; Section 19(3) of the JJ Act, 2015; Section 49 of the JJ Act, 2015; Section 107(2) of the JJ Act, 2015; Rule 86(5) of the JJ Model Rules, 2016; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As per Rule 86(5) of the Model Rules, it is a mandate of law that for dealing with the girl child, woman police personnel shall be engaged. However, on a perusal of the entire record, it is clear that neither …” (at para n/a)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/52890859/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0026)

**Record:** CW-2019-0026 (compiler id CWC-0904); case GAP2-56-002
**Title:** D. vs State of Rajasthan
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jodhpur; judges: Sandeep Mehta; Vinit Kumar Mathur
**Case number / citation:** D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 27/2019
**Judgment:** 2019-04-15 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2016-05-16 (2016)
**Place:** Pratapgarh, Rajasthan; city town: Suhagpura; police station or unit: Suhagpura Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302; JJ Act 2015 s.10; JJ Act 2015 s.15; JJ Act 2015 s.19(3); JJ Act 2015 s.49; JJ Act 2015 s.107(2); JJ Model Rules 2016 r.86(5); Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** SHO, Police Station Suhagpura, Pratapgarh (1 in record)
**Victims:** Suhagpura girl, age 17 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

a 17-year-old girl, aged about 17, was arrested in FIR 51/2016 at Suhagpura (Pratapgarh) for killing her husband, transferred by the Juvenile for trial as an adult, convicted under Section 302 IPC by the Sessions Judge, and lodged in adult prison for nearly three years. The entire investigation was conducted by SHO with no Special Juvenile Police Unit officer and no woman police personnel associated, contrary to the JJ Act mandate. The Rajasthan High Court Division Bench held the Section 15 transfer, the investigation, and the incarceration in adult jail patently illegal and acquitted her. The court held the irregular investigation and unwarranted imprisonment grossly violated her fundamental rights and directed the State to pay Rs 2,00,000 compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> As per Rule 86(5) of the Model Rules, it is a mandate of law that for dealing with the girl child, woman police personnel shall be engaged. However, on a perusal of the entire record, it is clear that neither was the case handled by the Special Juvenile Police Units nor any woman police personnel was ever associated for dealing with the case of the child appellant.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/52890859/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5de53e9246571b2fd68a361e)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** n/a
**display title redacted:** D. vs State of Rajasthan
**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': '2019-04-15', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 27/2019', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/52890859/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5de53e9246571b2fd68a361e', '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 on Indian Kanoon; police investigation held patently irregular, acquittal plus compensation ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 17, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a 17-year-old girl'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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