# Dabhra Man v. State of Chhattisgarh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 August 2024 in WPCR No. 137 of 2024, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, PS Dabhra, Sakti; Naib Tahsildar (In-charge Executive Magistrate), Up-Tahsil Chhapora, Malkharoda, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

- Register number: CG 00 CW 0005
- Case reference: WPCR No. 137 of 2024 / 2024:CGHC:30603-DB
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, JJ.), 13 August 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, PS Dabhra, Sakti; Naib Tahsildar (In-charge Executive Magistrate), Up-Tahsil Chhapora, Malkharoda
- 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; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Above facts clearly reveal that the right of life and liberty of the petitioner enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been violated, therefore, petitioner is entitled to get appropriate compensation.” (at para 14)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25,000.
- 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/5993399/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0027)

**Record:** CW-2024-0027 (compiler id CWC-0728); case SWILLEGA-086
**Title:** Dabhra Man v. State of Chhattisgarh
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: Ramesh Sinha; Ravindra Kumar Agrawal
**Case number / citation:** WPCR No. 137 of 2024 / 2024:CGHC:30603-DB
**Judgment:** 2024-08-13 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2024-02-07 (2024)
**Place:** Sakti, Chhattisgarh; city town: Dabhra; police station or unit: Police Station Dabhra; Executive Magistrate Chhapora, Malkharoda; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.151; CrPC s.107; CrPC s.116(3); Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, PS Dabhra, Sakti; Naib Tahsildar (In-charge Executive Magistrate), Up-Tahsil Chhapora, Malkharoda (2 in record)
**Victims:** Dabhra man, age 37 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Replace tagline with State contention (para 5: arrest on suspicion, surety default, denial of illegality). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/5993399/)
**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:** Dabhra Man 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': '2024-08-13', '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 25,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2024:CGHC:30603-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/5993399/', '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:** Chhattisgarh HC DB order verified on Indian Kanoon; Rs 25,000 for s.107 remand without show-cause matches.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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