# Bilaspur Woman and Another v. State of Chhattisgarh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 March 2024 in WPCR No. 399 of 2023, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police Officers including SHO, Civil Line Police Station, Bilaspur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: CG 10 CW 0004
- Case reference: WPCR No. 399 of 2023 / 2024:CGHC:10103-DB; 2024 LiveLaw (Chh) 12
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, JJ.), 19 March 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Officers including SHO, Civil Line Police Station, Bilaspur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 116(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The above facts clearly reveal that the right of life and liberty of the petitioners enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been violated, therefore, the petitioners are entitled to get appropriate compensation.” (at para 23)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
- 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://lawtrend.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WPCR399_2319.03.24_6.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0003)

**Record:** CW-2024-0003 (compiler id CWC-0087); case CHHATT-017; aliases: CWC-1441
**Title:** Bilaspur Woman and Another v. State of Chhattisgarh
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: Ramesh Sinha; Ravindra Kumar Agrawal
**Case number / citation:** WPCR No. 399 of 2023 / 2024:CGHC:10103-DB; 2024 LiveLaw (Chh) 12
**Judgment:** 2024-03-19 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2023-09-16 (2023)
**Place:** Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh; city town: Bilaspur; police station or unit: Police Station Civil Line, Bilaspur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 151; CrPC 107; CrPC 116(3)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Officers including SHO, Civil Line Police Station, Bilaspur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bilaspur woman, age 55; Bilaspur woman, age 26 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Rewrite: attribute home-arrest/no-grounds claims to petitioners (paras 3-4), add State version (paras 12-13: spot arrest 3:30pm, son intimated), state violation as s.107(1) show-cause failure (para 23). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The above facts clearly reveal that the right of life and liberty of the petitioners enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been violated, therefore, the petitioners are entitled to get appropriate compensation.

**Sources (3):** [lawtrend.in](https://lawtrend.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WPCR399_2319.03.24_6.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/chattisgarh-high-court/chhattisgarh-high-court-3-lakh-compensation-mother-daughter-illegal-arrest-30-hour-detention-255722); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/anju-lal-and-another-vs-state-of-chhattisgarh-and-others-chhattisgarh-high-court-535228.pdf)
**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:** 23
**display title redacted:** Bilaspur Woman and Another v. State of Chhattisgarh
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['sections', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-03-19', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Chhattisgarh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Chhattisgarh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2024:CGHC:10103-DB; 2024 LiveLaw (Chh) 12', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://lawtrend.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WPCR399_2319.03.24_6.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/chattisgarh-high-court/chhattisgarh-high-court-3-lakh-compensation-mother-daughter-illegal-arrest-30-hour-detention-255722', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/anju-lal-and-another-vs-state-of-chhattisgarh-and-others-chhattisgarh-high-court-535228.pdf', '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:** Illegal arrest and 30-hour detention of mother-daughter; Rs 3L total compensation allowed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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