# Kailaras Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 July 2026 in Writ Petition No. 11135 of 2025, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Milind Ramesh Phadke, J.) returned findings adverse to the Station House Officer, Kailaras Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MP 06 CW 0002
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 11135 of 2025 / 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 305
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Milind Ramesh Phadke, J.), 28 July 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Kailaras 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 308(7) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; Section 47(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, this Court finds that respondent No.4 failed to adhere to the mandatory statutory procedure governing arrest in a bailable offence. The petitioner was illegally deprived of his liberty without authority of law. Such action constitutes a …” (at para 9)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/2026/07/31/rahul-ataria-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-690703.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0032)

**Record:** CW-2026-0032 (compiler id CWC-0223); case MADHYA-008; aliases: CWC-1434
**Title:** Kailaras Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: Milind Ramesh Phadke
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 11135 of 2025 / 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 305
**Judgment:** 2026-07-28 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-02-12 (2025)
**Place:** Morena, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Kailaras; police station or unit: Kailaras Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Article 21; Constitution of India Article 226; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 s.308(7); Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 s.3(5); Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 s.47(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Kailaras Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kailaras man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. Petitioner a Kailaras man, a serving police constable, was arrested by the Station House Officer of Kailaras Police Station, Morena, in connection with a bailable offence under Sections 308(7) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Despite the petitioner being entitled to bail and willing to furnish sureties, the police failed to inform him of his statutory rights under Section 47(2) BNSS and kept him detained in the police lock-up for over 24 hours until his production before a Magistrate. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) declared the arrest and detention unlawful and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution, awarding Rs. 5,00,000 as public law compensation to be paid by the State with liberty to recover the sum from the delinquent officer. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case, this Court finds that respondent No.4 failed to adhere to the mandatory statutory procedure governing arrest in a bailable offence. The petitioner was illegally deprived of his liberty without authority of law. Such action constitutes a clear infringement of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/07/31/rahul-ataria-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-690703.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-grants-compensation-for-illegal-detention-of-police-constable-543779); [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/police-cannot-detain-accused-in-bailable-offence-without-informing-him-of-bail-right-mp-high-court-1618931)
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Kailaras Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh and 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-07-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026 LiveLaw (MP) 305', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/07/31/rahul-ataria-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-690703.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-grants-compensation-for-illegal-detention-of-police-constable-543779', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/police-cannot-detain-accused-in-bailable-offence-without-informing-him-of-bail-right-mp-high-court-1618931', '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:** Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) awarded Rs. 5 lakh compensation for the illegal police detention of a constable in a bailable offence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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