# Kozhikode Man and Others vs Kozhikode Man and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 May 2026 in R.S.A. No. 853 of 2020, the Kerala High Court (Coram: Easwaran S., J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Circle Inspector, Chevayur Police Station / Elathur Police Station, Kozhikode; Additional Sub Inspector, Crime Detachment Wing, Calicut City; Sub Inspector, SBCID, Kollam, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: KL 11 CW 0003
- Case reference: R.S.A. No. 853 of 2020 / 2026:KER:33751
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: Easwaran S., J.), 18 May 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Circle Inspector, Chevayur Police Station / Elathur Police Station, Kozhikode; Additional Sub Inspector, Crime Detachment Wing, Calicut City; Sub Inspector, SBCID, Kollam
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The alleged assault on the plaintiffs 1 to 3 in the present case cannot be considered as one done in pursuance to the official duty at any rate.” (at para 18)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/79204748/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0039)

**Record:** CW-2026-0039 (compiler id CWC-0698); case GAP11-005
**Title:** Kozhikode Man and Others vs Kozhikode Man and Others
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: Easwaran S.
**Case number / citation:** R.S.A. No. 853 of 2020 / 2026:KER:33751
**Judgment:** 2026-05-18 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2010-03-02 (2010)
**Place:** Kozhikode, Kerala; city town: Kozhikode; police station or unit: Chevayur Police Station, Kozhikode; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Circle Inspector, Chevayur Police Station / Elathur Police Station, Kozhikode; Additional Sub Inspector, Crime Detachment Wing, Calicut City; Sub Inspector, SBCID, Kollam (3 in record)
**Victims:** Kozhikode man; Kozhikode man; Kozhikode woman (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. On 2 March 2010, the three appellant officers with a police force and a mobile crane came to the plaintiffs' residence and seized a car, following a traffic-fine confrontation and a Section 176 IPC case that the prosecution later withdrew. The court records that when a plaintiff demanded a receipt for the car key, the first defendant assaulted him while the other two held him, and that the elderly mother fainted. A departmental enquiry had found the officers guilty. The High Court dismissed the officers' second appeal, holding the assault was no part of official duty so the Kerala Police Act limitation bar did not apply, the seizure was unjustified, and sustained the Rs.5,00,000 decree with interest against the officers and the State jointly and severally.

> The alleged assault on the plaintiffs 1 to 3 in the present case cannot be considered as one done in pursuance to the official duty at any rate.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/79204748/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Kozhikode Man and Others vs Kozhikode Man 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': \['court_quote_para', 'officers'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-05-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala 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:KER:33751', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/79204748/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** Second-appeal dismissal verified; Rs 5L assault/seizure decree against 3 officers + State sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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