# Mumbai Man And Ors vs The State Of Maharashtra And Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 September 2025 in CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 49 OF 2020, the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Coram: Ravindra V. Ghuge, Gautam A. Ankhad, JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning 4 police personnel, namely: Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Senior Police Inspector (SHO), Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Constable, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Police Naik, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station.

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0050
- Case reference: CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 49 OF 2020
- Court and date: High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Coram: Ravindra V. Ghuge, Gautam A. Ankhad, JJ.), 11 September 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Senior Police Inspector (SHO), Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Constable, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Police Naik, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This, therefore, falsifies the version of the Police authorities that the CCTVs were uninstalled due to renovation work.” (at para para 31)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding.
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/163239742/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0063)

**Record:** CW-2025-0063 (compiler id CWC-1346); case cop-mh-hc-3
**Title:** Mumbai Man And Ors vs The State Of Maharashtra And Ors
**Court:** High Court of Judicature at Bombay; judges: Ravindra V. Ghuge; Gautam A. Ankhad
**Case number / citation:** CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 49 OF 2020
**Judgment:** 2025-09-11 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2019-10-28 (2019)
**Place:** Mumbai, Maharashtra; police station or unit: Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Senior Police Inspector (SHO), Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Constable, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station; Police Naik, Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station (4 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court examined the death of a 22-year-old within hours of being taken to Wadala Truck Terminal Police Station. The High Court held that many loose strings emerged from the record and that the case deserved transfer to the CBI. The High Court held that the record falsified the police version that CCTVs were uninstalled due to renovation work. The High Court transferred further investigation to the CBI and kept compensation claims pending.

> This, therefore, falsifies the version of the Police authorities that the CCTVs were uninstalled due to renovation work.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/163239742/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** para 31
**display title redacted:** Mumbai Man And Ors vs The State Of Maharashtra And Ors
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-09-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Judicature at Bombay', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Judicature at Bombay recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': 'CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 49 OF 2020', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/163239742/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Verified against the cited judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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