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

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/365-of-2024-1672184.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0045)

**Record:** CW-2024-0045 (compiler id CWC-0940); case GAP2-4-002
**Title:** Lucknow Woman and Another v. State of U.P. and 4 Others
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; bench: Lucknow; judges: Attau Rahman Masoodi; Subhash Vidyarthi
**Case number / citation:** HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. 365 of 2024
**Judgment:** 2024-11-29 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2024-11-29 (2024)
**Place:** Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Lucknow; police station or unit: Police Station Chinhat, Lucknow; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 363
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Police Station Jagdishpura, Agra; SHO, Police Station Chinhat, Lucknow (2 in record)
**Victims:** Lucknow woman; Lucknow youngster, age 2 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (3):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/365-of-2024-1672184.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/chandini-singh-v-state-of-up-allahabad-hc-slams-up-police-for-detaining-pregnant-woman-child-1560178); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/allahabad-high-court-slaps-1-lakh-fine-up-police-pregnant-woman-police-station)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** para 8
**display title redacted:** Lucknow Woman and Another v. State of U.P. and 4 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': '2024-11-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. 365 of 2024', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/365-of-2024-1672184.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/chandini-singh-v-state-of-up-allahabad-hc-slams-up-police-for-detaining-pregnant-woman-child-1560178', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/allahabad-high-court-slaps-1-lakh-fine-up-police-pregnant-woman-police-station', '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:** HC held 6-hour detention of pregnant woman and child torture; Rs.1 lakh compensation, DGP action ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': None, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a woman'}; {'age': 2, 'gender': None, 'descriptor': 'a 2-year-old child'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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