# Chikodi Man vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 June 2022 in Writ Petition No. 115362 of 2019 (GM-Police), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: Suraj Govindaraj, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Ankali Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Chikodi Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: KA 22 CW 0009
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 115362 of 2019 (GM-Police) / 2022 SCC OnLine Kar 1121
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: Suraj Govindaraj, J.), 10 June 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Ankali Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Chikodi 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; Section 46 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 49 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, there being no justification which has been provided by the respondents for handcuffing the petitioner since neither any objections are filed nor is any affidavit filed by the Arresting Officer.” (at para 13.5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/144592799/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0009)

**Record:** CW-2022-0009 (compiler id CWC-0192); case SWDISPRO-008; aliases: CWC-1466
**Title:** Chikodi Man vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; bench: Dharwad; judges: Suraj Govindaraj
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 115362 of 2019 (GM-Police) / 2022 SCC OnLine Kar 1121
**Judgment:** 2022-06-10 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2019-04-10 (2019)
**Place:** Belagavi, Karnataka; city town: Chikodi; police station or unit: Ankali Police Station; 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; CrPC s.46; CrPC s.49
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Ankali Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Chikodi Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Chikodi man, age 30 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. The petitioner, a 30-year-old law student, was arrested pursuant to a non-bailable warrant in a cheque bounce case, handcuffed without justification, paraded in Ankali market place, and transported in a public KSRTC bus in handcuffs. The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court held that routine handcuffing without recorded reasons violates Article 21 and Supreme Court precedents in Prem Shankar Shukla and Sunil Batra. The High Court awarded Rs 2,00,000 compensation to the petitioner with liberty to the State to recover it from the delinquent officers, and issued statewide mandatory directions on handcuffing, video conferencing, and body-worn cameras for arresting officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case, there being no justification which has been provided by the respondents for handcuffing the petitioner since neither any objections are filed nor is any affidavit filed by the Arresting Officer.

**Sources (5):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144592799/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/karnataka-high-court-body-cameras-handcuffing-guidelines-accused-201502); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2022/07/06/karnataka-high-court-grants-compensation-to-a-law-student-who-was-arrested-and-handcuffed/); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/arrested-accused-undertrial-prisoner-can-be-handcuffed-only-in-extreme-circumstances-after-recording-reasons-karnataka-high-court); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/karnataka-high-court-handcuffing-accused-extreme-circumstance-guidelines-compensation-202583)
**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:** False
**court quote para:** 13.5
**display title redacted:** Chikodi Man vs The State of Karnataka & 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': '2022-06-10', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2022 SCC OnLine Kar 1121', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144592799/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/karnataka-high-court-body-cameras-handcuffing-guidelines-accused-201502', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2022/07/06/karnataka-high-court-grants-compensation-to-a-law-student-who-was-arrested-and-handcuffed/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/arrested-accused-undertrial-prisoner-can-be-handcuffed-only-in-extreme-circumstances-after-recording-reasons-karnataka-high-court', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/karnataka-high-court-handcuffing-accused-extreme-circumstance-guidelines-compensation-202583', '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:** Karnataka HC held illegal handcuffing and public parading of accused violated Art 21, awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation, and directed recovery from delinquent officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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