# Rohania Man and Another vs State of U.P. and 3 Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 June 2021 in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 16386 of 2020, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Surya Prakash Kesarwani, Shamim Ahmed, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector, Police Station Rohania, Varanasi, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: UP 65 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 16386 of 2020 / AIRONLINE 2021 ALL 1297
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Surya Prakash Kesarwani, Shamim Ahmed, JJ.), 11 June 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Rohania, Varanasi
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 116 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Non release of the petitioners by the respondent no.3 even after submission of personal bond/bail bond and other papers, is a clear breach of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.” (at para 14)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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/174699131/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0010)

**Record:** CW-2021-0010 (compiler id CWC-0744); case GAP3-002
**Title:** Rohania Man and Another vs State of U.P. and 3 Others
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Surya Prakash Kesarwani; Shamim Ahmed
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 16386 of 2020 / AIRONLINE 2021 ALL 1297
**Judgment:** 2021-06-11 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2020-10-08 (2020)
**Place:** Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Rohania; police station or unit: Police Station Rohania, Varanasi; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 151; CrPC 107; CrPC 116
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Police Station Rohania, Varanasi (1 in record)
**Victims:** Rohania man; Rohania man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Allahabad High Court records the following account. Police arrested the two petitioners under Section 151 Cr.P.C. on 8 October 2020 over an ancestral land dispute, and a Sub-Inspector of Rohania police station sent a printed-form challani report under Sections 151/107/116 Cr.P.C. with only names and the words 'land dispute' filled in. The SDM registered the case without recording satisfaction or issuing a show-cause order and kept the petitioners detained from 12 to 21 October 2020 even after they submitted personal bonds. The Division Bench held the police authorities were arbitrarily and illegally submitting such challani reports and that the SDM acted in clear breach of Sections 107, 111 and 116 Cr.P.C. and Article 21. It recorded payment of Rs. 25,000 compensation to each petitioner under the State policy of 23 March 2021 and issued statewide compliance directions. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Non release of the petitioners by the respondent no.3 even after submission of personal bond/bail bond and other papers, is a clear breach of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/174699131/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/allahabad-high-courtup-govt-arbitrary-illegal-submission-of-challan-reports-under-sections-107116-crpc-169680)
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Rohania Man and Another vs State of U.P. and 3 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2021-06-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2021 ALL 1297', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/174699131/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/allahabad-high-courtup-govt-arbitrary-illegal-submission-of-challan-reports-under-sections-107116-crpc-169680', '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; police challan practice held arbitrary and illegal, Rs. 25,000 paid to each of 2 detenus.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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