# Jaipur Man v. State of Rajasthan

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 September 2023 in D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 596/2016, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Pankaj Bhandari, Bhuwan Goyal, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Galta Gate, Jaipur; Police personnel, Jaipur police (FIR 137/2011), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000).

- Register number: RJ 14 CW 0004
- Case reference: D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 596/2016 / 2023:RJ-JP:22328-DB
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Pankaj Bhandari, Bhuwan Goyal, JJ.), 29 September 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Galta Gate, Jaipur; Police personnel, Jaipur police (FIR 137/2011)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus, the entire proceedings have been initiated against the accused just to falsely implicate him.” (at para 26)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000).
- 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/92846988/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0027)

**Record:** CW-2023-0027 (compiler id CWC-0580); case SWFALSEI-011
**Title:** Jaipur Man v. State of Rajasthan
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: Pankaj Bhandari; Bhuwan Goyal
**Case number / citation:** D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 596/2016 / 2023:RJ-JP:22328-DB
**Judgment:** 2023-09-29 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-05-13 (2011)
**Place:** Jaipur, Rajasthan; city town: Jaipur; police station or unit: Police Station Galta Gate (FIR 137/2011); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 498A; IPC 302
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Police Station Galta Gate, Jaipur; Police personnel, Jaipur police (FIR 137/2011) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Jaipur man, age 32 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. A Jaipur man was convicted for murdering his wife \[name withheld\], who self-immolated on 13 May 2011, and sentenced to life plus 3 years under ss.302/498-A IPC, spending over 12 years in jail. The Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur) held the suicide proved and the parchabayan concocted by SI in violation of Rule 6.22 of the Rajasthan Police Rules: recorded in five minutes on 95% burns by a non-gazetted officer without independent witnesses, with the fitness doctor unexamined and the Magistrate approached only after death. It held the entire proceedings were initiated just to falsely implicate the husband, allowed the appeal, acquitted him, and awarded Rs.25,00,000 compensation for wrongful prosecution and the Article 21 violation.

> Thus, the entire proceedings have been initiated against the accused just to falsely implicate him.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/92846988/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/rajasthan-high-court/rajasthan-high-court-acquits-wrongly-convicted-wife-murder-state-25-lakhs-compensation-malicious-prosecution-239231)
**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:** 26
**display title redacted:** Jaipur Man v. State of Rajasthan
**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': '2023-09-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 2,500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2023:RJ-JP:22328-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/92846988/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/rajasthan-high-court/rajasthan-high-court-acquits-wrongly-convicted-wife-murder-state-25-lakhs-compensation-malicious-prosecution-239231', '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:** Rajasthan HC held suicide proved and husband falsely implicated; acquittal + Rs.25L compensation confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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