CW-2024-0045Lucknow, Uttar PradeshJudgment 29 November 2024

Lucknow Woman and Another v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Division Bench, 29-11-2024), convened at 6:30 p.m. on a habeas mentioning, found that investigating officer Sub-Inspector of Police Station Jagdishpura, Agra, took an eight-months-pregnant woman and her two-year-old child from home to Police Station Chinhat, Lucknow, at about 12:15 p.m. merely to record a section 161 statement in a 2021 kidnapping FIR and kept them there until the court intervened. The court found the FIR disclosed no cognizable offence, the officer acted without case diary and without checking age or marital status, and called the detention torture and a clear abuse of authority. It awarded Rs.1,00,000 exemplary cost against the State as compensation payable within ten days, restored the victim to her residence, and directed the Director General of Police to draw proceedings against the investigating officer within three months and report back on 11-12-2024. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 29 November 2024 in HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. 365 of 2024, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Attau Rahman Masoodi, Subhash Vidyarthi, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Jagdishpura, Agra; SHO, Police Station Chinhat, Lucknow, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

Register number
UP 32 CW 0002
Case reference
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. 365 of 2024
Court and date
Allahabad High Court (Coram: Attau Rahman Masoodi, Subhash Vidyarthi, JJ.), 29 November 2024
Officer(s) at the material time
Sub-Inspector, Police Station Jagdishpura, Agra; SHO, Police Station Chinhat, Lucknow
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The action on the part of the Investigating Officer is no less than torture of a victim whereas every officer is expected to act fairly in the discharge of his duties.” (at para para 8)
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.

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The Allahabad High Court judgment dated 29 November 2024 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The action on the part of the Investigating Officer is no less than torture of a victim whereas every officer is expected to act fairly in the discharge of his duties.” (para para 8)

Institutional response

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29 Nov 2024

Order issued

Concluded
Allahabad High Court External · Binding

The Allahabad High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. 365 of 2024
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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