# Paithan Man vs The State of Maharashtra and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 March 2024 in Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 2600 of 2019, the Supreme Court of India returned findings adverse to the Police Inspector, Paithan Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: MH 20 CW 0014
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 2600 of 2019 / 2024 INSC 232
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India, 18 March 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector, Paithan Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A zero-tolerance approach towards such high-handed acts needs to be adopted as such acts, committed by persons in power against an ordinary citizen, who is in a non-bargaining position, bring shame to the entire justice delivery system.” (at para 23)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2024-insc-232-1603200.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0026)

**Record:** CW-2024-0026 (compiler id CWC-0710); case GAP2-002
**Title:** Paithan Man vs The State of Maharashtra and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; bench: Aurangabad
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 2600 of 2019 / 2024 INSC 232
**Judgment:** 2024-03-18 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2015-06-14 (2015)
**Place:** Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Aurangabad); city town: Paithan; police station or unit: Paithan Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Paithan Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Paithan man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. A Paithan man, a Scheduled Caste man arrested on 14 June 2015 in a theft case, alleged illegal detention, assault and abuse by Police Inspector of Paithan Police Station. A Commission inquiry found excesses, and the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) directed the officer to pay Rs. 75,000 from his own pocket. The Supreme Court upheld that judgment and recorded its own finding that the officer, being in a position of power, totally abused his official position. It held him liable for a further Rs. 1,00,000 (paid during proceedings), refraining from directing criminal prosecution only because he had superannuated and paid compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> A zero-tolerance approach towards such high-handed acts needs to be adopted as such acts, committed by persons in power against an ordinary citizen, who is in a non-bargaining position, bring shame to the entire justice delivery system.

**Sources (2):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2024-insc-232-1603200.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/supreme-court/somnath-v-the-state-of-maharashtra-2024-insc-232-high-handed-acts-police-ordinary-citizen-shame-justice-delivery-system-1527596)
**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:** Paithan Man vs The 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': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-03-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2024 INSC 232', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2024-insc-232-1603200.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/supreme-court/somnath-v-the-state-of-maharashtra-2024-insc-232-high-handed-acts-police-ordinary-citizen-shame-justice-delivery-system-1527596', '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:** 2024 INSC 232 verified via Verdictum; SC finding of abuse of power with added Rs. 1 lakh from officer's pocket.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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