# Seepat Man and Others v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others

HTML version: [https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0035](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0035)

## Report card

By judgment dated 12 August 2026 in SLP (Crl.) No. 728 of 2026, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, PS Seepat; Central Jail, Bilaspur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000).

- Register number: CG 10 CW 0005
- Case reference: SLP (Crl.) No. 728 of 2026 / 2026 INSC 840; 2026 SCC OnLine SC 1550; 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 794
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, JJ.), 12 August 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, PS Seepat; Central Jail, Bilaspur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus, as an interim measure, we direct that compensation to the tune of Rs.25,00,000/- (TwentyFive Lakhs Only) shall be paid” (at para 22)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000).
- 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.sci.gov.in/sci-get-pdf/?diary_no=489632025&type=j&order_date=2026-08-12&from=latest_judgements_order); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0035)

**Record:** CW-2026-0035 (compiler id CWC-0080); case CHHATT-010
**Title:** Seepat Man and Others v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Vikram Nath; Sandeep Mehta
**Case number / citation:** SLP (Crl.) No. 728 of 2026 / 2026 INSC 840; 2026 SCC OnLine SC 1550; 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 794
**Judgment:** 2026-08-12 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2024-01-22 (2024)
**Place:** Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh; city town: Seepat; police station or unit: PS Seepat; Central Jail, Bilaspur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, PS Seepat; Central Jail, Bilaspur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Seepat man, age 34 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Seepat man, aged 34 and the sole breadwinner of his family, was arrested by PS Seepat on 18 January 2024 for possessing six litres of mahua liquor and died in custody on 22 January 2024 with a fatal blunt head injury and multiple ante-mortem injuries recorded in the Section 176 CrPC judicial inquiry. The Supreme Court affirmed the High Court's finding of custodial violence, rejected the State's plea of inaction over the unserved inquiry report as a cover-up story, and called the High Court's Rs 1 lakh award a pittance. As an interim measure, the court directed Rs 25 lakh compensation within four weeks and ordered the CBI to register a regular criminal case and prosecute all officials found responsible. The court also directed the DGP to transmit all records within a week, reserving final determination of compensation for later. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Thus, as an interim measure, we direct that compensation to the tune of Rs.25,00,000/- (TwentyFive Lakhs Only) shall be paid

**Sources (5):** [sci.gov.in](https://www.sci.gov.in/sci-get-pdf/?diary_no=489632025&type=j&order_date=2026-08-12&from=latest_judgements_order); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-orders-cbi-probe-into-chhattisgarh-custodial-death-grants-25-lakh-compensation-to-kin-545422); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-orders-cbi-probe-into-chhattisgarh-custodial-death-slams-dgp-state-officials-for-cover-up); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2026/08/17/supreme-court-orders-cbi-probe-into-custodial-death-awards-25-lakh-compensation/); [advocatekhoj.com](https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=2026/august/lahra-bai-tamre-vs-state-of-chattisgarh-45)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** Seepat Man and Others 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-08-12', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 2,500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026 INSC 840; 2026 SCC OnLine SC 1550; 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 794', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.sci.gov.in/sci-get-pdf/?diary_no=489632025&type=j&order_date=2026-08-12&from=latest_judgements_order', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-orders-cbi-probe-into-chhattisgarh-custodial-death-grants-25-lakh-compensation-to-kin-545422', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-orders-cbi-probe-into-chhattisgarh-custodial-death-slams-dgp-state-officials-for-cover-up', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2026/08/17/supreme-court-orders-cbi-probe-into-custodial-death-awards-25-lakh-compensation/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=2026/august/lahra-bai-tamre-vs-state-of-chattisgarh-45', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** SC order verified via sci.gov.in + 3 reports; interim Rs 25L + CBI probe; final quantum pending.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

[Open CW-2026-0035](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0035)