# Kumshi Man and Another v. State of Maharashtra and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 December 2020 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 574 of 2013, the Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, M.G. Sewlikar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Head Constable, Beed Rural Police Station; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Beed Division, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: MH 23 CW 0005
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 574 of 2013
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: T.V. Nalawade, M.G. Sewlikar, JJ.), 1 December 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Head Constable, Beed Rural Police Station; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Beed Division
- 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; Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “These circumstances show that there were mala fides and the intention of the police was to see that the Petitioners are arrested and they are kept behind bars for a few days.”
- 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/12872662/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2020-0012)

**Record:** CW-2020-0012 (compiler id CWC-0627); case WEST---CENTRAL-001
**Title:** Kumshi Man and Another v. State of Maharashtra and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: T.V. Nalawade; M.G. Sewlikar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 574 of 2013
**Judgment:** 2020-12-01 (2020, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2013-01-30 (2013)
**Place:** Beed, Maharashtra; city town: Kumshi; police station or unit: Beed Rural Police Station; 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; IPC 504; IPC 506; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Head Constable, Beed Rural Police Station; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Beed Division (2 in record)
**Victims:** Kumshi man, age 33; Kumshi man, age 34 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad) allowed the petition of a Kumshi man (33) and a Kumshi man (34) of Kumshi, holding their six-day detention from 30 January 2013 illegal and awarding Rs 50,000 to each petitioner (Rs 1 lakh total) payable by the State within 45 days (8% interest on default), with liberty to fasten responsibility on the concerned police officer and the then Executive Magistrate and recover. Arrested by Beed Rural police on an FIR under ss. 323/324/504/506/34 IPC and granted bail the same day by the JMFC, they were re-taken in custody and produced before the Executive Magistrate on a bare Section 107 CrPC report, which imposed an onerous interim bond under Section 116(3) CrPC. The Court held the Magistrate's order illegal and without jurisdiction, and found mala fides in the police action intended to keep them behind bars. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> These circumstances show that there were mala fides and the intention of the police was to see that the Petitioners are arrested and they are kept behind bars for a few days.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/12872662/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-386444.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/illegal-detention-compensation-bombay-high-court-167687)
**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
**display title redacted:** Kumshi Man and Another v. State of Maharashtra and Others
**followup status:** never_checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2020-12-01', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 574 of 2013', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/12872662/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-386444.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/illegal-detention-compensation-bombay-high-court-167687', '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:** Bombay HC (Aurangabad) held 6-day detention illegal; Rs 50K each. NOTE: same judgment as CWC-0629 (duplicate candidates).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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