# Hyderabad Man & Anr. v. \[name withheld\] & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 June 2022 in Contempt Case No. 826 of 2021, the Telangana High Court (Coram: G. Radha Rani, J.) recorded the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Zone, Hyderabad City Police; Assistant Commissioner of Police; Circle Inspector, Jubilee Hills Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Jubilee Hills Police Station.

- Register number: TG 14 CW 0008
- Case reference: Contempt Case No. 826 of 2021 / 2022 LiveLaw (Tel) 47
- Court and date: Telangana High Court (Coram: G. Radha Rani, J.), 6 June 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Zone, Hyderabad City Police; Assistant Commissioner of Police; Circle Inspector, Jubilee Hills Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Jubilee Hills Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “As issuance of LOC or NBWs against the petitioners without issuing any notice to them, without giving them an opportunity to prove their bonafides and without enquiring them, was in violation of the guidelines issued by the Hon'ble Apex Court, …” (at para 17)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.077 years.
- 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/telangana-hc-contempt-ips-421255.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0008)

**Record:** CW-2022-0008 (compiler id CWC-0657); case SWOTHERM-021
**Title:** Hyderabad Man & Anr. v. \[name withheld\] & Ors.
**Court:** Telangana High Court; judges: G. Radha Rani
**Case number / citation:** Contempt Case No. 826 of 2021 / 2022 LiveLaw (Tel) 47
**Judgment:** 2022-06-06 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated (2020)
**Place:** Hyderabad, Telangana; city town: Hyderabad; police station or unit: Jubilee Hills Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 498-A; IPC 506
**Officers (gated display forms):** Deputy Commissioner of Police, West Zone, Hyderabad City Police; Assistant Commissioner of Police; Circle Inspector, Jubilee Hills Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Jubilee Hills Police Station (4 in record)
**Victims:** Hyderabad man, age 49; Hyderabad woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.077 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Telangana High Court records the following account. In Crime 488/2020 (Jubilee Hills PS, matrimonial/dowry FIR under Sections 498-A/506 IPC and the Dowry Prohibition Act), West Zone police issued a Look Out Circular and procured non-bailable warrants showing the accused absconding without ever serving Section 41-A CrPC notices, ignoring their emails and WhatsApp messages and concealing their representation from the Magistrate. The High Court held DCP and three subordinate officers (respondent Nos. 2 to 4 - the LOC forwarding authority, the station officer-in-charge and the investigating officer) guilty of wilful, deliberate disobedience of Arnesh Kumar. Each was sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment plus Rs 2,000 fine (suspended six weeks), with subsistence allowance and disciplinary action directed against all four. The respondents contested the case through counsel and counter-affidavits. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> As issuance of LOC or NBWs against the petitioners without issuing any notice to them, without giving them an opportunity to prove their bonafides and without enquiring them, was in violation of the guidelines issued by the Hon'ble Apex Court, I hold that the respondents had wilfully disobeyed the judgment of the Hon'ble Apex Court and therefore, they are liable to be punished for contempt of court.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/telangana-hc-contempt-ips-421255.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/arrest-guidelines-telangana-high-court-sentences-ips-officer-contempt-of-court-201164); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/violation-of-arnesh-kumar-guidelines-telangana-high-court-holds-four-police-officials-guilty-contempt-of-court)
**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:** 17
**display title redacted:** Hyderabad Man & Anr. v. \[name withheld\] & 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['officers', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2022-06-06', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Telangana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Telangana High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2022 LiveLaw (Tel) 47', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/telangana-hc-contempt-ips-421255.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/arrest-guidelines-telangana-high-court-sentences-ips-officer-contempt-of-court-201164', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/violation-of-arnesh-kumar-guidelines-telangana-high-court-holds-four-police-officials-guilty-contempt-of-court', '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:** HC contempt judgment verified from primary PDF; all four officers incl. IPS DCP convicted, 4 weeks + fine.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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