# Bengaluru Woman vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 January 2026 in W.P.H.C. No. 113/2025, the Karnataka High Court (Coram: Anu Sivaraman, Vijaykumar A. Patil, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Gangammana Gudi Police Station; Police Inspector, Gangammana Gudi Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: KA 01 CW 0033
- Case reference: W.P.H.C. No. 113/2025 / 2026:KHC:3951-DB
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: Anu Sivaraman, Vijaykumar A. Patil, JJ.), 23 January 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Gangammana Gudi Police Station; Police Inspector, Gangammana Gudi Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is declared that the arrest of the husband of the petitioner (detenue) from 14.10.2025 till the filing of the first information report is illegal and contrary to the procedure of arrest.” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/116434690/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0005)

**Record:** CW-2026-0005 (compiler id CWC-0195); case KARNAT-010
**Title:** Bengaluru Woman vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; judges: Anu Sivaraman; Vijaykumar A. Patil
**Case number / citation:** W.P.H.C. No. 113/2025 / 2026:KHC:3951-DB
**Judgment:** 2026-01-23 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-10-14 (2025)
**Place:** Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka; city town: Bengaluru; police station or unit: Gangammana Gudi Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226; CrPC s.41; CrPC s.57; CrPC s.167
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Gangammana Gudi Police Station; Police Inspector, Gangammana Gudi Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Bengaluru man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

In a habeas corpus petition filed by the wife of the detenue, the Karnataka High Court found that the detenue, a Bengaluru man, was illegally picked up and detained in custody at Gangammana Gudi Police Station from 14 October 2025 before an FIR was registered. The Division Bench declared the pre-FIR detention unlawful and violative of the constitutional safeguards under Article 21 and the statutory arrest procedures. The court ordered the State to pay Rs 2,00,000 in compensation along with Rs 50,000 in costs to the petitioner, granting liberty to recover the sums from the delinquent police officers following a departmental enquiry. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is declared that the arrest of the husband of the petitioner (detenue) from 14.10.2025 till the filing of the first information report is illegal and contrary to the procedure of arrest.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/116434690/)
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** Bengaluru Woman vs The State of Karnataka & Ors.
**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': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-01-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026:KHC:3951-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/116434690/', '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:** Karnataka HC Division Bench held pre-FIR detention of petitioner husband illegal, awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation plus Rs 50,000 costs with recovery from erring officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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