# Parbhani Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 July 2025 in CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.457 OF 2025, the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, Sanjay A. Deshmukh, JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning 3 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Mondha Police Station, Parbhani; Superintendent of Police, Parbhani; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Parbhani.

- Register number: MH 22 CW 0001
- Case reference: CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.457 OF 2025
- Court and date: High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, Sanjay A. Deshmukh, JJ.), 4 July 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Inspector, Mondha Police Station, Parbhani; Superintendent of Police, Parbhani; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Parbhani
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “When the petitioner went to police station and tried to lodge the FIR, her FIR was not recorded.” (at para para 12)
- 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/153713541/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0064)

**Record:** CW-2025-0064 (compiler id CWC-1347); case cop-mh-hc-4
**Title:** Parbhani Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Others
**Court:** High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad; judges: Vibha Kankanwadi; Sanjay A. Deshmukh
**Case number / citation:** CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.457 OF 2025
**Judgment:** 2025-07-04 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2024-12-15 (2024)
**Place:** Parbhani, Maharashtra; police station or unit: Mondha Police Station, District Parbhani; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Inspector, Mondha Police Station, Parbhani; Superintendent of Police, Parbhani; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Parbhani (3 in record)
**Victims:** Parbhani man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court examined the death of a detainee after the December 2024 Parbhani combing action and custody at Mondha Police Station. The High Court held that there was a gross violation of human rights and that the deceased died due to the police authorities. The High Court held that a cognizable offence was made out but the petitioner's FIR was not recorded. The High Court directed registration of an FIR on the complaint dated 18.12.2024 and a Deputy Superintendent-level probe.

> When the petitioner went to police station and tried to lodge the FIR, her FIR was not recorded.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153713541/)
**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 12
**display title redacted:** Parbhani Man vs The State Of Maharashtra And Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-07-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': 'CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.457 OF 2025', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153713541/', '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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