# Manegaon, Taluka Madha Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 January 2023 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1647 of 2019, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, Abhay S. Waghwase, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Dashrath Vishwanath Kumbhar (Police Head Constable); Deepak Raman Kshirsagar (Police Head Constable), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 15.3 lakh (Rs 15,29,600).

- Register number: MH 13 CW 0010
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1647 of 2019
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, Abhay S. Waghwase, JJ.), 18 January 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Dashrath Vishwanath Kumbhar (Police Head Constable); Deepak Raman Kshirsagar (Police Head Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It will be open to the State to recover the amount, so paid to the petitioner from respondent Nos.4 and 5, as they have been revealed to be the persons responsible for the death of a Manegaon, Taluka Madha man” (at para 13 (order cl. 4))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Compensation: Rs 15.3 lakh (Rs 15,29,600).
- 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/161546163/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0001)

**Record:** CW-2023-0001 (compiler id CWC-0250); case MAHARA-009; aliases: CWC-1427
**Title:** Manegaon, Taluka Madha Man v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: Vibha Kankanwadi; Abhay S. Waghwase
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1647 of 2019
**Judgment:** 2023-01-18 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2018-11-04 (2018)
**Place:** Solapur, Maharashtra; city town: Manegaon, Taluka Madha; police station or unit: Manegaon Outpost, Police Station Madha, Solapur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302 r/w 34; Constitution Art. 226; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Dashrath Vishwanath Kumbhar (Police Head Constable); Deepak Raman Kshirsagar (Police Head Constable) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Manegaon, Taluka Madha man, age 23 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** Rs 15.3 lakh (Rs 15,29,600)

The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) held that the death of 23-year-old Pradip Kute on 04-11-2018 was a homicidal custodial death at the hands of two head constables of the Manegaon outpost, who intercepted his sugarcane tractor over a loudly played tape recorder and beat him with sticks, kicks and fists. Relying on the Section 176(1)(a) CrPC magisterial inquiry report, 43 ante-mortem injuries in the post-mortem, and consistent eyewitnesses, the court rejected the defence of brain disease and post-mortem injuries. It awarded Rs 15,29,600 compensation to the mother (Rs 13,29,600 dependency plus Rs 2,00,000 for police atrocities), payable by the State within two months with 6% default interest and recoverable from the two constables, with Rs 10 lakh to be invested for five years; the criminal trial (Crime No. 218/2018) was noted as pending.

> It will be open to the State to recover the amount, so paid to the petitioner from respondent Nos.4 and 5, as they have been revealed to be the persons responsible for the death of a Manegaon, Taluka Madha man

**Sources (4):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161546163/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/injuries-need-not-occur-inside-police-station-for-custodial-death-bombay-high-court-grants-15-lakh-to-victims-mother-in-police-brutality-case-219553); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/custodial-death-power-of-police-to-regulate-crime-not-unfettered-cant-treat-citizens-in-inhuman-manner-bombay-high-court); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/ordjud-22-454895.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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 (order cl. 4)
**display title redacted:** Manegaon, Taluka Madha Man v. State of Maharashtra & 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': '2023-01-18', '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 1,529,600.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Petition No. 1647 of 2019', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161546163/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/injuries-need-not-occur-inside-police-station-for-custodial-death-bombay-high-court-grants-15-lakh-to-victims-mother-in-police-brutality-case-219553', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/custodial-death-power-of-police-to-regulate-crime-not-unfettered-cant-treat-citizens-in-inhuman-manner-bombay-high-court', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/ordjud-22-454895.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Primary judgment text verified. Accused are police; adverse finding with compensation. Petitioner resides in Osmanabad district but incident/Out Post are in Solapur, so district is Solapur. Victim's wife \[name withheld\] died 21-06-2020 per judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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