# Chindali Man v. State of Chhattisgarh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 July 2024 in WPCR No. 322 of 2023, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the SHO, PS Bade Dongar, Kondagaon, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

- Register number: CG 27 CW 0001
- Case reference: WPCR No. 322 of 2023
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, JJ.), 16 July 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: SHO, PS Bade Dongar, Kondagaon
- 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): “We deem it fit to award compensation of Rs.25,000/- to the petitioner, and same shall be payable by the State Government to the petitioner within a period of 30 days from today.” (at para 15)
- 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/37245818/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0040)

**Record:** CW-2024-0040 (compiler id CWC-0921); case CHHATT-005
**Title:** Chindali Man v. State of Chhattisgarh
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: Ramesh Sinha; Ravindra Kumar Agrawal
**Case number / citation:** WPCR No. 322 of 2023
**Judgment:** 2024-07-16 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2023-01-07 (2023)
**Place:** Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh; city town: Chindali; police station or unit: PS Bade Dongar, Kondagaon; 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):** SHO, PS Bade Dongar, Kondagaon (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chindali man, age 45 (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 bond sentence with: 'without the prior show-cause required by s.107(1) CrPC (para 15)'; add State contention (para 7: arrest on suspicion, bond default, denial of illegality). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We deem it fit to award compensation of Rs.25,000/- to the petitioner, and same shall be payable by the State Government to the petitioner within a period of 30 days from today.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/37245818/)
**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:** 15
**display title redacted:** Chindali 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': \['court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-07-16', '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': 'WPCR No. 322 of 2023', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/37245818/', '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 on mere suspicion under s.107 CrPC; Article 21 violation and Rs 25,000 compensation verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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