# D. (minor) vs State of Kerala and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 December 2021 in WP(C) No. 25850 of 2021, the Kerala High Court (Coram: Devan Ramachandran J., J.) returned findings adverse to the Police Constable, Pink Police, Attingal Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: KL 01 CW 0012
- Case reference: WP(C) No. 25850 of 2021
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: Devan Ramachandran J., J.), 22 December 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Pink Police, Attingal Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court is in complete affirmation with the afore argument of Smt.A.K.Preetha and as I have already said above, I am firm in my mind that the petitioner is entitled to sufficient compensation for the purpose of remedying the violation …” (at para 65)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- 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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/wpc258502021h-407081.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0023)

**Record:** CW-2021-0023 (compiler id CWC-0816); case GAP2-32-001
**Title:** D. (minor) vs State of Kerala and Ors.
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: Devan Ramachandran J.
**Case number / citation:** WP(C) No. 25850 of 2021
**Judgment:** 2021-12-22 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2021-08-27 (2021)
**Place:** Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala; city town: Attingal; police station or unit: Pink Police, Attingal Police Station (Thiruvananthapuram Rural); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Pink Police, Attingal Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Attingal girl, age 8 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Kerala High Court (Devan Ramachandran, J.) held that Pink Police Constable illegal detention and public humiliation of 8-year-old a 8-year-old girl at Attingal on 27 August 2021, on the false allegation that the child possessed the officer own missing phone, violated the child fundamental right to live with dignity under Article 21. The Court rejected the State claim to protection under Section 113 of the Kerala Police Act, 2011, holding the officer acted in her own cause as judge, jury and executioner rather than in discharge of duty. It directed the State to pay Rs.1,50,000 compensation plus Rs.25,000 costs within one month under public-law strict liability, and directed the supervisory authority to consider disciplinary action while keeping the officer off public-facing duties with interpersonal-skills training meanwhile. The officer apology on record was declined by the family; the Court declined to order her removal, noting her financial hardship. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court is in complete affirmation with the afore argument of Smt.A.K.Preetha and as I have already said above, I am firm in my mind that the petitioner is entitled to sufficient compensation for the purpose of remedying the violation of her fundamental right to live with dignity under our great Constitution, at the hands of the 4th respondent and which has been unfortunately tried to be trivialized and even justified by the official respondents through their pleadings in this case, even when the 4th respondent has no such case, while expressly admitting her 'indiscretion'.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/wpc258502021h-407081.pdf); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/kerala-high-court-orders-state-govt-pay-15-lakh-compensation-girl-falsely-accused-theft-female-police-officer); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/pink-police-harassment-kerala-hc-grants-compensation-to-the-girl-calls-for-disciplinary-action-against-responsible-officer-188221)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**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:** 65
**display title redacted:** D. (minor) vs State of Kerala 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': '2021-12-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'WP(C) No. 25850 of 2021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/wpc258502021h-407081.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/kerala-high-court-orders-state-govt-pay-15-lakh-compensation-girl-falsely-accused-theft-female-police-officer', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/pink-police-harassment-kerala-hc-grants-compensation-to-the-girl-calls-for-disciplinary-action-against-responsible-officer-188221', '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:** Art 21 violation found; Rs.1,50,000 compensation plus Rs.25,000 costs; disciplinary consideration ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 8, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a 8-year-old girl'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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