# Satara Man vs The State of Maharashtra and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 November 2024 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1762 of 2013, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A.S. Chandurkar, Rajesh S. Patil, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Additional Superintendent of Police, Satara police; IO in further investigation of Crime 19/2009; Superintendent of Police, Satara, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: MH 11 CW 0008
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1762 of 2013 / 2024:BHC-AS:44797-DB
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: A.S. Chandurkar, Rajesh S. Patil, JJ.), 25 November 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Additional Superintendent of Police, Satara police; IO in further investigation of Crime 19/2009; Superintendent of Police, Satara
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 45(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We find that the petitioner was arrested in an illegal manner and thereafter detained which was not in accordance with the provisions of Sections 45(2), 50 and 56 of the Code as well as the law laid down by Supreme …” (at para 13)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/196529654/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0044)

**Record:** CW-2024-0044 (compiler id CWC-0777); case MAHARA-018
**Title:** Satara Man vs The State of Maharashtra and Others
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: A.S. Chandurkar; Rajesh S. Patil
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1762 of 2013 / 2024:BHC-AS:44797-DB
**Judgment:** 2024-11-25 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2013-03-13 (2013)
**Place:** Satara, Maharashtra; city town: Satara; police station or unit: Satara police (Crime 19/2009 further investigation); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC 45(2); CrPC 50; CrPC 56
**Officers (gated display forms):** Additional Superintendent of Police, Satara police; IO in further investigation of Crime 19/2009; Superintendent of Police, Satara (2 in record)
**Victims:** Satara man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Bombay High Court (A.S. Chandurkar, J.; Rajesh S. Patil, J. concurring) held that Police Inspector (ex-SHO, President's Police Medal 2004) was arrested illegally on 13 March 2013 at 17:15 by Addl. SP Amol Tambe over alleged faulty investigation in Crime 19/2009 and kept about 20 hours till bail on 14 March 2013. No State consent under Section 45(2) CrPC was obtained though he was a police officer acting in official duty, arrest memo/grounds were not recorded, the station diary entry was made 6+ hours late, and arrest was for bailable offences (ss. 201/218/221 IPC) without recording reasons. Finding gross Article 21 violation, the Court awarded Rs. 2,00,000 compensation from the State within eight weeks (6% p.a. interest on default), with recovery from guilty officers permitted after due process. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We find that the petitioner was arrested in an illegal manner and thereafter detained which was not in accordance with the provisions of Sections 45(2), 50 and 56 of the Code as well as the law laid down by Supreme Court of India.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/196529654/)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Satara 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-11-25', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2024:BHC-AS:44797-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/196529654/', '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: PI's arrest illegal (ss.45(2)/50/56 CrPC breached); Rs 2 lakh compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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