# Mumbai Man vs State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 September 2025 in Criminal Writ Petition (Stamp) No. 23953/2024, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Revati Mohite Dere, Sandesh D. Patil, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Bandra Police Station, Mumbai; Police Sub-Inspector, Bandra Police Station, Mumbai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0048
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition (Stamp) No. 23953/2024 / 2025:BHC-AS:41975-DB
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: Revati Mohite Dere, Sandesh D. Patil, JJ.), 29 September 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Bandra Police Station, Mumbai; Police Sub-Inspector, Bandra Police Station, Mumbai
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 465 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 477A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the above, we hold and delcare \[sic\] that the arrest of the Petitioner on 23.10.2024 by the respondents, was illegal and without lawful authority.” (at para 18)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/vasantha-perampally-nayak-vs-state-of-maharashtra-624014.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0022)

**Record:** CW-2025-0022 (compiler id CWC-0636); case SWILLEGA-060
**Title:** Mumbai Man vs State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: Revati Mohite Dere; Sandesh D. Patil
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition (Stamp) No. 23953/2024 / 2025:BHC-AS:41975-DB
**Judgment:** 2025-09-29 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2024-10-23 (2024)
**Place:** Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra; city town: Mumbai; police station or unit: Bandra Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 406; IPC 409; IPC 420; IPC 465; IPC 477A; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Bandra Police Station, Mumbai; Police Sub-Inspector, Bandra Police Station, Mumbai (2 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai man, age 54 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

…the court found respondents 3-4 invoked s.409 'unilaterally without seeking permission of the superiors, as required' to avoid s.41A notice, calling it 'gross abuse of law' (para 17); 'high-handedness' was the petitioner's submission, not the court's word — drop or re-attribute…. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of the above, we hold and delcare \[sic\] that the arrest of the Petitioner on 23.10.2024 by the respondents, was illegal and without lawful authority.

**Sources (2):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/vasantha-perampally-nayak-vs-state-of-maharashtra-624014.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/bombay-high-court/arrest-brings-humiliation-casts-scars-forever-bombay-high-court-orders-maharashtra-govt-to-pay-1-lakh-for-illegal-arrest-305814)
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Mumbai Man vs State of Maharashtra
**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': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-09-29', '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': '2025:BHC-AS:41975-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/vasantha-perampally-nayak-vs-state-of-maharashtra-624014.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/bombay-high-court/arrest-brings-humiliation-casts-scars-forever-bombay-high-court-orders-maharashtra-govt-to-pay-1-lakh-for-illegal-arrest-305814', '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:** DB judgment verified via LiveLaw report and PDF; s. 409 deliberately invoked to dodge s. 41A, 20-day custody held illegal, Rs 1 lakh + DE against two named officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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