# Handia Man vs The State of U.P. & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 May 2026 in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3807 of 2023, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: J.J. Munir, Sanjiv Kumar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the In-charge, Police Outpost, Outpost Baraut, PS Handia, Prayagraj, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

- Register number: UP 70 CW 0003
- Case reference: Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3807 of 2023
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: J.J. Munir, Sanjiv Kumar, JJ.), 29 May 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: In-charge, Police Outpost, Outpost Baraut, PS Handia, Prayagraj
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the totality of circumstances, we hold that the petitioner was illegally deprived of his liberty by Dubey, a police officer, in the colour of exercise of authority of the State, and for the aforesaid act, the petitioner must be …” (at para 22)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25,000.
- 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/41914621/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0022)

**Record:** CW-2026-0022 (compiler id CWC-0854); case UTTARP-002; aliases: CWC-0399
**Title:** Handia Man vs The State of U.P. & Ors.
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: J.J. Munir; Sanjiv Kumar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3807 of 2023
**Judgment:** 2026-05-29 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2022-11-26 (2022)
**Place:** Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Handia; police station or unit: Outpost Baraut, PS Handia, Prayagraj; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** In-charge, Police Outpost, Outpost Baraut, PS Handia, Prayagraj (1 in record)
**Victims:** Handia man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Rewrite: attribute inquiry-report criticism to the petitioner's pleadings (para 5), not to a Court holding; record Dubey's version (personal affidavit 03.12.2025: compromise letter per GD No.23 dated 27.11.2022, denied pressure) and the Court's rejection of it as tacit denial that is no denial (paras 11-12); attribute Rs.20,000 bribe claim to petitioner and note Court expressly declined to go into it (para 14). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the totality of circumstances, we hold that the petitioner was illegally deprived of his liberty by Dubey, a police officer, in the colour of exercise of authority of the State, and for the aforesaid act, the petitioner must be given monetary recompense.

**Sources (4):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/41914621/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-hc-awards-25k-compensation-24-hour-illegal-detention-537111); [courtbook.in](https://courtbook.in/posts/allahabad-hc-awards-compensation-after-finding-man-illegally-detained-for-24-hours-over-domestic-dispute); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/06/08/matambar-mishra-vs-the-state-of-up-and-3-others-2026-livelaw-ab-319-allahabad-high-court-678514.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**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:** 22
**display title redacted:** Handia Man vs The 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-05-29', '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 25,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No. 3807 of 2023', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/41914621/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-hc-awards-25k-compensation-24-hour-illegal-detention-537111', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://courtbook.in/posts/allahabad-hc-awards-compensation-after-finding-man-illegally-detained-for-24-hours-over-domestic-dispute', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/06/08/matambar-mishra-vs-the-state-of-up-and-3-others-2026-livelaw-ab-319-allahabad-high-court-678514.pdf', '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:** Allahabad HC awarded Rs 25,000 compensation plus costs for 24-hour illegal detention, recoverable from outpost in-charge Dubey.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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