# Hingoli Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 October 2024 in Criminal Application No. 2908 of 2024, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, S.G. Chapalgaonkar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector / Investigating Officer, City Police Station, Hingoli; Police Constable (complainant in personal capacity), Hingoli, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).

- Register number: MH 38 CW 0003
- Case reference: Criminal Application No. 2908 of 2024 / 2024:BHC-AUG:26094-DB
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, S.G. Chapalgaonkar, JJ.), 23 October 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector / Investigating Officer, City Police Station, Hingoli; Police Constable (complainant in personal capacity), Hingoli
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 66A of the IT Act; Section 66B of the IT Act; Section 67A of the IT Act
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is beyond imagination that before the arrest the Investigating Officer will not apply his mind, as to which are the sections those are invoked, what is the punishment, that is, prescribed and whether he can make a legal arrest …” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
- 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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/ashwinkumar-sanap-vs-state-of-maharashtra-569605.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0018)

**Record:** CW-2024-0018 (compiler id CWC-0614); case SWILLEGA-035
**Title:** Hingoli Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; bench: Aurangabad; judges: Vibha Kankanwadi; S.G. Chapalgaonkar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Application No. 2908 of 2024 / 2024:BHC-AUG:26094-DB
**Judgment:** 2024-10-23 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2024-08-06 (2024)
**Place:** Hingoli, Maharashtra; city town: Hingoli; police station or unit: City Police Station, Hingoli; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 500; IT Act 66A; IT Act 66B; IT Act 67A
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector / Investigating Officer, City Police Station, Hingoli; Police Constable (complainant in personal capacity), Hingoli (2 in record)
**Victims:** Hingoli man, age 43 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

…arrested at 00:31 hrs on 06-08-2024 with sections swapped at production (report to delete ss.66-A/66-B and add s.67-A before the Magistrate); the Court held the IO applied no mind to which sections were invoked and recorded no reason for the arrest…. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is beyond imagination that before the arrest the Investigating Officer will not apply his mind, as to which are the sections those are invoked, what is the punishment, that is, prescribed and whether he can make a legal arrest in such situations?

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/ashwinkumar-sanap-vs-state-of-maharashtra-569605.pdf); [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/amp/news-updates/bombay-high-court-asks-maharashtra-police-pay-2-lakhs-man-who-was-illegally-detained); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/bombay-high-court-ashwinkumar-pandhari-sanapv-state-of-maharashtra-2024bhc-aug26094-db-section-66a-section-66b-information-technology-act-1557235)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Hingoli Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others
**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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-10-23', '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 250,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2024:BHC-AUG:26094-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/ashwinkumar-sanap-vs-state-of-maharashtra-569605.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/amp/news-updates/bombay-high-court-asks-maharashtra-police-pay-2-lakhs-man-who-was-illegally-detained', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/bombay-high-court-ashwinkumar-pandhari-sanapv-state-of-maharashtra-2024bhc-aug26094-db-section-66a-section-66b-information-technology-act-1557235', '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:** Primary judgment verified: s.66A arrest illegal; FIR quashed; Rs.2.5 lakh personal compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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