# Nagalwadi Man and Anr. vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 February 2023 in Miscellaneous Criminal Case No. 42867 of 2020, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Subodh Abhyankar, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Police Station Nagalwadi, Barwani, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 40 lakh (Rs 40,00,000).

- Register number: MP 46 CW 0003
- Case reference: Miscellaneous Criminal Case No. 42867 of 2020 / 2023 LiveLaw (MP) 33
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Subodh Abhyankar, J.), 14 February 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Police Station Nagalwadi, Barwani
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 468 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34(2) of the MP Excise Act; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is worth mentioning here that the petitioners were arrested on 02.11.2019 and were subsequently released on bail by this Court only on 15.07.2021 in M.Cr.C. No.29973 of 2021, thus, they have been imprisoned for a period of 1 year …” (at para 17)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 40 lakh (Rs 40,00,000).
- 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/197341927/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0003)

**Record:** CW-2023-0003 (compiler id CWC-0229); case MADHYA-003; aliases: CWC-0590; CWC-1445
**Title:** Nagalwadi Man and Anr. vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Indore; judges: Subodh Abhyankar
**Case number / citation:** Miscellaneous Criminal Case No. 42867 of 2020 / 2023 LiveLaw (MP) 33
**Judgment:** 2023-02-14 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2019-11-02 (2019)
**Place:** Barwani, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Nagalwadi; police station or unit: Police Station Nagalwadi (Nangalwadi); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 420; IPC 467; IPC 468; MP Excise Act s.34(2); Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Police Station Nagalwadi, Barwani (1 in record)
**Victims:** Nagalwadi man, age 56; Nagalwadi man, age 41 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 40 lakh (Rs 40,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. Two Tamil Nadu truck drivers carrying a Kerala State Beverages Corporation liquor consignment were apprehended at PS Nagalwadi (Barwani) on 2-11-2019 and jailed until July 2021 on cheating, forgery and excise charges over a shortfall of 59 boxes out of 1600. The court found on the face of the charge-sheet that the documents were valid and the investigation was carried out with mala fide intent to falsely implicate the petitioners. It held the conduct amounted to misfeasance violating Article 21, quashed the charge-sheet and all proceedings in ST No. 25/2020, and directed the State to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation to each petitioner within two months, with liberty to recover from the erring officers after due process. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is worth mentioning here that the petitioners were arrested on 02.11.2019 and were subsequently released on bail by this Court only on 15.07.2021 in M.Cr.C. No.29973 of 2021, thus, they have been imprisoned for a period of 1 year and 8 months in this frivolous case lodged only at the whims and caprice of the concerned police officers.

**Sources (7):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/197341927/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-high-court-20-lakh-compensation-wrongful-imprisonment-frivolous-case-221949); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1153905/sakul-hamid-and-others-vs-state-of-madhya-pradesh/); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/mp-hc-20-lakh-compensation-truck-drivers-liquor-illegally-1463624); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/mcrc428672020finalorder14-feb-2023wk-1471090.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/mcrc428672020finalorder14-feb-2023-459637.pdf); [indiankanoon.org](http://indiankanoon.org/doc/197341927/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** Nagalwadi Man and Anr. vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**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': '2023-02-14', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 4,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2023 LiveLaw (MP) 33', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/197341927/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-high-court-20-lakh-compensation-wrongful-imprisonment-frivolous-case-221949', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1153905/sakul-hamid-and-others-vs-state-of-madhya-pradesh/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/mp-hc-20-lakh-compensation-truck-drivers-liquor-illegally-1463624', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/mcrc428672020finalorder14-feb-2023wk-1471090.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/mcrc428672020finalorder14-feb-2023-459637.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'http://indiankanoon.org/doc/197341927/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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:** Indore Bench quashed false charge-sheet as misfeasance; Rs 20 lakh each to two drivers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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