# Newasa Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 November 2019 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 25 of 2019, the Bombay High Court (Coram: T. V. Nalawade, S. M. Gavhane, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 13 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Newasa Police Station; Police Inspector, Kopargaon Police Station; Police personnel, S.D.P.O. Office, Ahmednagar Rural; Police personnel, Killa Police Station, Malegaon; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Belwandi Police Station, Newasa; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

- Register number: MH 16 CW 0009
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 25 of 2019
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: T. V. Nalawade, S. M. Gavhane, JJ.), 29 November 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Newasa Police Station; Police Inspector, Kopargaon Police Station; Police personnel, S.D.P.O. Office, Ahmednagar Rural; Police personnel, Killa Police Station, Malegaon; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Belwandi Police Station, Newasa; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 165 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 166 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court holds that the action of the police officers was illegal. This Court has no hesitation to hold that the State is liable to pay compensation to the petitioner for such illegal action.” (at para 19)
- 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/94448930/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0038)

**Record:** CW-2019-0038 (compiler id CWC-1147); case GAP3-25-002
**Title:** Newasa Man v. 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. 25 of 2019
**Judgment:** 2019-11-29 (2019, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2018-05-06 (2018)
**Place:** Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Ahmednagar); city town: Newasa; police station or unit: Newasa Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 165; CrPC 166; CrPC 197; Constitution of India Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Newasa Police Station; Police Inspector, Kopargaon Police Station; Police personnel, S.D.P.O. Office, Ahmednagar Rural; Police personnel, Killa Police Station, Malegaon; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Belwandi Police Station, Newasa; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station (13 in record)
**Victims:** Newasa man, age 34 (1 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. At about 2 a.m. on the night of 5-6 May 2018, Newasa police searched the petitioner's house without a search warrant and recovered nothing objectionable; the petitioner alleged an attempt to plant a country-made pistol and threats of false implication. The court found no written record of any secret information and no compliance with section 165 CrPC, though most officers were shown on different duties that night. It held the search illegal, an intrusion into privacy under Article 21 that defamed the entire family. The writ was partly allowed with Rs 25,000 compensation to be deposited by the Government within 45 days (8% interest on delay), with liberty to fix responsibility and recover from the officers; prosecution was not directed as section 197 CrPC sanction would be needed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court holds that the action of the police officers was illegal. This Court has no hesitation to hold that the State is liable to pay compensation to the petitioner for such illegal action.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/94448930/); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2019/12/03/bom-hc-illegal-search-is-violation-of-fundamental-right-to-privacy-state-directed-to-pay-compensation-law-on-ss-165-166-crpc-explained/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/search-without-warrant-is-breach-of-right-to-privacy-150449)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Newasa Man v. 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2019-11-29', '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': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 25 of 2019', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/94448930/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2019/12/03/bom-hc-illegal-search-is-violation-of-fundamental-right-to-privacy-state-directed-to-pay-compensation-law-on-ss-165-166-crpc-explained/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/search-without-warrant-is-breach-of-right-to-privacy-150449', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Bombay HC (Aurangabad) declared the 2 a.m. warrantless night house search of 6 May 2018 illegal and violative of Art 21 privacy; Rs 25,000 compensation with recovery from officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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