# Asiwan Man (through his son Asiwan Man) vs State of U.P. & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 April 2026 in Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 137/2026, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Abdul Moin, Pramod Kumar Srivastava, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Station House Officer, Police Station Asiwan, Unnao, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).

- Register number: UP 35 CW 0002
- Case reference: Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 137/2026 / 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 265
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Abdul Moin, Pramod Kumar Srivastava, JJ.), 29 April 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Police Station Asiwan, Unnao
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Para 14 (operative, contiguous): 'A writ of habeas corpus is issued declaring the arrest of the petitioner as illegal. The remand order dated 28.1.2026 being consequential to the illegal arrest is also set aside.' Para 15 (contiguous): 'Further, considering the …” (at para 14)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
- 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/2026/05/07/manoj-kumar-thru-his-son-mudit-kumar-vs-state-of-up-thru-prin-secy-home-deptt-up-lko-and-4-others-2026-livelaw-ab-265-allahabad-high-court-672450.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0019)

**Record:** CW-2026-0019 (compiler id CWC-0634); case NORTH-003
**Title:** Asiwan Man (through his son Asiwan Man) vs State of U.P. & Ors.
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; bench: Lucknow; judges: Abdul Moin; Pramod Kumar Srivastava
**Case number / citation:** Habeas Corpus Writ Petition No. 137/2026 / 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 265
**Judgment:** 2026-04-29 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2026-01-27 (2026)
**Place:** Unnao, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Asiwan; police station or unit: Police Station Asiwan; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Police Station Asiwan, Unnao (1 in record)
**Victims:** Asiwan man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Allahabad High Court records the following account. An Asiwan man was arrested on 27 January 2026 in Case Crime 244/2024 though the arrest memo cited only the case number without specific grounds, and was remanded on 28 January 2026. The court found the arrest violated Article 22(1) under Mihir Rajesh Shah and the remand based on it was also illegal, ordering forthwith release after 3+ months in custody. It imposed Rs 10 lakh exemplary costs on the State payable within 4 weeks, with liberty to recover from responsible officials. On 22 June 2026 the Supreme Court stayed payment of the compensation on the State's quantum-only appeal, when the State informed the court the SHO had been suspended.

> Para 14 (operative, contiguous): 'A writ of habeas corpus is issued declaring the arrest of the petitioner as illegal. The remand order dated 28.1.2026 being consequential to the illegal arrest is also set aside.' Para 15 (contiguous): 'Further, considering the illegal arrest of the petitioner since 27.1.2026 which continues even as of date i.e. 29.4.2026 and his illegal incarceration in jail being of more than three months, the Court is of the view that exemplary costs quantified at Rupees Ten Lakhs are also imposed on the State authorities.'

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/05/07/manoj-kumar-thru-his-son-mudit-kumar-vs-state-of-up-thru-prin-secy-home-deptt-up-lko-and-4-others-2026-livelaw-ab-265-allahabad-high-court-672450.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-high-court-up-govt-10-lakh-compensation-3-month-illegal-detention-533301); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-stays-order-granting-rs-10-lakh-compensation-to-man-illegally-arrested-by-up-police-538590); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-stays-order-awarding-10-lakh-compensation-to-man-held-in-illegal-custody-by-up-police)
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Asiwan Man (through his son Asiwan Man) vs State of U.P. & 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-04-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026 LiveLaw (AB) 265', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/05/07/manoj-kumar-thru-his-son-mudit-kumar-vs-state-of-up-thru-prin-secy-home-deptt-up-lko-and-4-others-2026-livelaw-ab-265-allahabad-high-court-672450.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-high-court-up-govt-10-lakh-compensation-3-month-illegal-detention-533301', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-stays-order-granting-rs-10-lakh-compensation-to-man-illegally-arrested-by-up-police-538590', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-stays-order-awarding-10-lakh-compensation-to-man-held-in-illegal-custody-by-up-police', '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:** HC finding verified (2026 LiveLaw AB 265); Rs 10 lakh costs for 3-month illegal detention; SC stayed only payment on quantum appeal (22-06-2026), illegality finding stands.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
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Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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