# Thane Man vs The State Of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 April 2025 in CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 4107 OF 2024, the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Coram: Revati Mohite Dere, Neela Gokhale, JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning 3 police personnel, namely: Superintendent of Police, State CID; Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Mumbai; Deputy Commissioner of Police, Thane Crime Branch.

- Register number: MH 04 CW 0015
- Case reference: CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 4107 OF 2024
- Court and date: High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Coram: Revati Mohite Dere, Neela Gokhale, JJ.), 7 April 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police, State CID; Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Mumbai; Deputy Commissioner of Police, Thane Crime Branch
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The starting point of any investigation i.e, registration of an FIR itself is not complied with.” (at para para 19)
- 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/147614739/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0065)

**Record:** CW-2025-0065 (compiler id CWC-1348); case cop-mh-hc-5
**Title:** Thane Man vs The State Of Maharashtra
**Court:** High Court of Judicature at Bombay; judges: Revati Mohite Dere; Neela Gokhale
**Case number / citation:** CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 4107 OF 2024
**Judgment:** 2025-04-07 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Thane, Maharashtra; police station or unit: Badlapur (East) Police Station; Crime Branch, Thane; Mumbra Police; State CID; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police, State CID; Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Mumbai; Deputy Commissioner of Police, Thane Crime Branch (3 in record)
**Victims:** Thane man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court examined the police-van shooting death of an undertrial being escorted by a Thane Crime Branch team. The High Court held that the starting point of investigation, registration of an FIR, was itself not complied with. The High Court held that the PUCL guidelines on encounter investigations were cited only to be ignored by the State. The High Court held that refusal to investigate undermines the rule of law and ordered a fresh SIT probe.

> The starting point of any investigation i.e, registration of an FIR itself is not complied with.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/147614739/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**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:** para 19
**display title redacted:** Thane Man vs The State Of Maharashtra
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-04-07', '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. 4107 OF 2024', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/147614739/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**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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