# Gharghoda Man v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 July 2026 in WPCR No. 564 of 2025, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the SHO, Police Station Gharghoda, Raigarh, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

- Register number: CG 13 CW 0001
- Case reference: WPCR No. 564 of 2025 / 2026:CGHC:30886-DB; 2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 87
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Ramesh Sinha, Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, JJ.), 21 July 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: SHO, Police Station Gharghoda, Raigarh
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; Section 126 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; Section 135(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The above facts clearly reveal that the right of life and liberty of the petitioner enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been violated, therefore, the petitioner is entitled to get appropriate compensation.” (at para 16)
- 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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/07/28/ashraf-beg-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-ors-689784.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0030)

**Record:** CW-2026-0030 (compiler id CWC-0754); case WEST---CENTRAL-005; aliases: CWC-0633
**Title:** Gharghoda Man v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: Ramesh Sinha; Ravindra Kumar Agrawal
**Case number / citation:** WPCR No. 564 of 2025 / 2026:CGHC:30886-DB; 2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 87
**Judgment:** 2026-07-21 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-10-25 (2025)
**Place:** Raigarh, Chhattisgarh; city town: Gharghoda; police station or unit: Police Station Gharghoda; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** BNSS 170; BNSS 126; BNSS 135(3)
**Officers (gated display forms):** SHO, Police Station Gharghoda, Raigarh (1 in record)
**Victims:** Gharghoda man, age 49 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Summoned to Police Station Gharghoda, Raigarh, a Gharghoda man was arrested merely on suspicion though no cognizable or non-bailable offence was made out, and an Ishtgasa under BNSS ss.170/126 was prepared on 25 October 2025. Although the Executive Magistrate ordered his release on a Rs.1 lakh bond and he furnished it, the bond was sent for verification and he spent about four days in judicial custody before release. The Chhattisgarh High Court held that a person arrested merely on suspicion where only a bailable case exists must be released on bail and cannot be remanded to custody. The Court held the detention violated the petitioner's Article 21 right to life and liberty, allowed the writ petition, and directed the State to pay Rs.25,000 compensation within 30 days, citing D.K. Basu, Nilabati Behera and Sube Singh. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The above facts clearly reveal that the right of life and liberty of the petitioner enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been violated, therefore, the petitioner is entitled to get appropriate compensation.

**Sources (2):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/07/28/ashraf-beg-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-ors-689784.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/chhattisgarh-high-court/compensation-illegal-detention-jail-despite-furnishing-bail-bond-543308)
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** Gharghoda Man v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others
**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': \['secondary_sources', 'sections'\]}; {'date': '2026-09-25', 'scope': 'Two unrelated sources removed (a 2010 Kerala judgment in a different, 1970 case and an encyclopedia page about that case); the record rests on the Chhattisgarh High Court order in WPCR No. 564 of 2025.'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-07-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Chhattisgarh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Chhattisgarh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 25,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026:CGHC:30886-DB; 2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 87', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/07/28/ashraf-beg-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-ors-689784.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/chhattisgarh-high-court/compensation-illegal-detention-jail-despite-furnishing-bail-bond-543308', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/533795/lakshmana-k-ips-appellant-hash-cbi-and-another-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arikkad_Varghese', '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:** Illegal arrest on suspicion and 4-day custody despite furnished bail bond; Article 21 violation with Rs.25,000 compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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