# Mrs. Ratna Mumbai Man and Another vs \[name withheld\], API, Wadala TT Police Station and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 October 2024 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 4471 of 2012, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Bharati Dangre, Manjusha Deshpande, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station, Mumbai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0044
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 4471 of 2012 / 2024:BHC-AS:44106-DB
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: Bharati Dangre, Manjusha Deshpande, JJ.), 23 October 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station, Mumbai
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 79 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951; Section 115 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951; Section 117 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951; Section 33 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951; Section 131 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We express that the case of arrest of the Petitioner2, in above circumstanced is a classic example of the abuse and misuse of the powers by the police officials and for their act, the petitioners had to suffer and we …” (at para 26)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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/ordjud-1668567.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0043)

**Record:** CW-2024-0043 (compiler id CWC-0776); case GAP2-12-001
**Title:** Mrs. Ratna Mumbai Man and Another vs \[name withheld\], API, Wadala TT Police Station and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: Bharati Dangre; Manjusha Deshpande
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 4471 of 2012 / 2024:BHC-AS:44106-DB
**Judgment:** 2024-10-23 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-12-01 (2012)
**Place:** Mumbai City, Maharashtra; city town: Mumbai; police station or unit: Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Bombay Police Act 1951 s.79; Bombay Police Act 1951 s.115; Bombay Police Act 1951 s.117; Bombay Police Act 1951 s.33; Bombay Police Act 1951 s.131
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station, Mumbai (1 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court held the arrest of petitioner2 by API \[name withheld\] of Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station completely unwarranted, as the s.115 nuisance offence was not committed in the officer's presence so the s.79 arrest power could not be exercised, and the s.117 fine can only be imposed on conviction, not collected by a police officer. The Court called the arrest a classic example of abuse and misuse of police powers and noted the department had punished Jadhav with only a Rs 2,000 fine for not filing an affidavit. Since the criminal case had abated on petitioner2's death, the Court awarded Rs 1,00,000 compensation to his widow (petitioner1) payable by the State within 8 weeks, recoverable from the officers responsible including Jadhav. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We express that the case of arrest of the Petitioner2, in above circumstanced is a classic example of the abuse and misuse of the powers by the police officials and for their act, the petitioners had to suffer and we have noted that despite our direction, no action contemplated through disciplinary proceedings is initiated against the respondent no.1.

**Sources (2):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/ordjud-1668567.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/ratna-chandrakant-vannam-v-tukaram-k-jadhav-2024bhc-as44106-db-1-lakh-compensation-unlawful-arrest-police-1558518)
**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:** 26
**display title redacted:** Mrs. Ratna Mumbai Man and Another vs \[name withheld\], API, Wadala TT Police Station 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2024:BHC-AS:44106-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/ordjud-1668567.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/ratna-chandrakant-vannam-v-tukaram-k-jadhav-2024bhc-as44106-db-1-lakh-compensation-unlawful-arrest-police-1558518', '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:** Unlawful arrest held abuse of power; Rs 1L to widow, recoverable from erring officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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