# Badarpur Man vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 October 2023 in W.P.(C) 3851/2023, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Subramonium Prasad, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, P.S. Badarpur; Sub-Inspector, P.S. Badarpur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: DL 03 CW 0026
- Case reference: W.P.(C) 3851/2023
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Subramonium Prasad, J.), 5 October 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, P.S. Badarpur; Sub-Inspector, P.S. Badarpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A meaningful message must be sent to the authorities that police officers cannot be law unto themselves.” (at para 14)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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/3701179/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0029)

**Record:** CW-2023-0029 (compiler id CWC-0117); case DELHI-026
**Title:** Badarpur Man vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors.
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Subramonium Prasad
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) 3851/2023
**Judgment:** 2023-10-05 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2022-09-02 (2022)
**Place:** South-East Delhi, Delhi; city town: Badarpur; police station or unit: P.S. Badarpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, P.S. Badarpur; Sub-Inspector, P.S. Badarpur (2 in record)
**Victims:** Badarpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 50,000 for a half-hour illegal detention, recoverable from the salaries of two Badarpur Sub-Inspectors. Responding to a DD complaint on 2 September 2022, SI brought the petitioner, against whom there was no FIR, to the station, where SI placed him in the lock-up from 11:01 to 11:24 PM without any formal arrest, FIR or DD entry; the petitioner's complaint to the Commissioner drew no action, and the State did not dispute these facts. The Court held the officers acted high-handedly, that even brief lock-up detention without procedure violates Article 21, and that a career-neutral censure would not deter such conduct. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> A meaningful message must be sent to the authorities that police officers cannot be law unto themselves.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/3701179/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-delhi-police-compensation-man-illegal-detention-police-lockup-arrest-239438)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Badarpur Man vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi and 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-10-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(C) 3851/2023', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/3701179/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/delhi-high-court/delhi-high-court-delhi-police-compensation-man-illegal-detention-police-lockup-arrest-239438', '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:** Delhi HC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; half-hour illegal lock-up detention, Rs 50,000 from SIs' salaries.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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