# Dhar Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 February 2020 in WP No. 26923 of 2019, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S. C. Sharma, Shailendra Shukla, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Divisional Officer (Police), Dhar district; Station House Officer, Police Station Bar, Dhar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MP 11 CW 0002
- Case reference: WP No. 26923 of 2019
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S. C. Sharma, Shailendra Shukla, JJ.), 10 February 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Divisional Officer (Police), Dhar district; Station House Officer, Police Station Bar, Dhar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “State Government shall pay a compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakh Only) to the father of the petitioner.” (at para 23)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/46177798/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2020-0004)

**Record:** CW-2020-0004 (compiler id CWC-0233); case MADHYA-007
**Title:** Dhar Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Indore; judges: S. C. Sharma; Shailendra Shukla
**Case number / citation:** WP No. 26923 of 2019
**Judgment:** 2020-02-10 (2020, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2019-10-18 (2019)
**Place:** Dhar, Madhya Pradesh; police station or unit: PS Bar, District Dhar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 226; Constitution Art 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Divisional Officer (Police), Dhar district; Station House Officer, Police Station Bar, Dhar (2 in record)
**Victims:** Dhar man, age 68 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)

On 18-10-2019 the SHO, PS Bar arrested 68-year-old Husan of Dhar on a parole-violation warrant meant for Husna, a life-convict step-brother who had died in 2016, and Husan was lodged in Central Jail Indore to serve another man's sentence. The State, through SDOP \[name withheld\]'s affidavit and same-day rojnamcha entries, insisted the arrested man was the convict. The Court ordered a fingerprint-based inquiry by the Principal Secretary (Home), which proved an innocent lookalike had languished in jail for four months. The Court held the detention illegal, awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation, ordered contempt cases against the SDOP and the rojnamcha-entry makers, and directed biometric identification of all arrestees. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> State Government shall pay a compensation of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakh Only) to the father of the petitioner.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46177798/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-hc-directs-state-to-pay-5l-to-man-detained-illegally-initiates-contempt-proceedings-against-police-authorities-read-judgment-152622)
**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:** 23
**display title redacted:** Dhar Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
**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': '2020-02-10', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'WP No. 26923 of 2019', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46177798/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-hc-directs-state-to-pay-5l-to-man-detained-illegally-initiates-contempt-proceedings-against-police-authorities-read-judgment-152622', '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:** Primary source verified: MP High Court (Indore Bench) Division Bench held 68-year-old tribal was arrested 18-10-2019 on a warrant meant for his deceased step-brother \[name withheld\] (ST 41/1976 convict, died 2016) and illegally detained in Central Jail Indore for four months; fingerprint inquiry by Principal Secretary (Home) proved mistaken identity. Court awarded Rs 5,00,000 compensation, ordered immediate release, registered contempt cases against the SDOP (false affidavit) and the 18-10-2019 rojnamcha-entry makers, and mandated biometric identification on arrest. Accused-actors are police; outcome adverse_finding_compensation confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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