# Mortha Boy v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 August 2026 in Writ Petition No. 24721 of 2026, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Ninala Jayasurya, T.C.D. Sekhar, JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning the SHO, Samisragudem Police Station, East Godavari District.

- Register number: AP 39 CW 0043
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 24721 of 2026
- Court and date: Andhra Pradesh High Court (Coram: Ninala Jayasurya, T.C.D. Sekhar, JJ.), 31 August 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: SHO, Samisragudem Police Station, East Godavari District
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 331(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; Section 305-A of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; the JJ Act, 2015; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court is of the considered opinion that it is a fit case to impose costs. Therefore, respondent No.4/SHO, Samisragudem Police Station, East Godavari District, shall personally pay costs of Rs.10,000/- to the A.P.High Court Legal Services Committee, Amaravati, within …” (at para para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding.
- 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://s3.courtbook.in/2026/09/veligatla_venkata_narayana_v_state_of_andhra_pradesh_ors.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0056)

**Record:** CW-2026-0056 (compiler id CWC-0766); case GAP2-8-002
**Title:** Mortha Boy v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
**Court:** Andhra Pradesh High Court; judges: Ninala Jayasurya; T.C.D. Sekhar
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 24721 of 2026
**Judgment:** 2026-08-31 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2026-08-19 (2026)
**Place:** East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh; city town: Mortha; police station or unit: Samisragudem Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** BNS s.331(4); BNS s.305-A; JJ Act 2015; Constitution Art.226
**Officers (gated display forms):** SHO, Samisragudem Police Station, East Godavari District (1 in record)
**Victims:** Mortha boy, age 17 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

remove/replace final sentence; police version is recorded at para 5 (Aadhar blur / 2006 impression). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court is of the considered opinion that it is a fit case to impose costs. Therefore, respondent No.4/SHO, Samisragudem Police Station, East Godavari District, shall personally pay costs of Rs.10,000/- to the A.P.High Court Legal Services Committee, Amaravati, within a period of one (1) week, from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

**Sources (2):** [s3.courtbook.in](https://s3.courtbook.in/2026/09/veligatla_venkata_narayana_v_state_of_andhra_pradesh_ors.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/high-court/andhra-pradesh-high-court/ap-high-court-orders-release-minor-treated-adult-imposes-personal-costs-police-officer-548698)
**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:** para 8
**display title redacted:** Mortha Boy v. State of Andhra Pradesh & 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-08-31', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Andhra Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Andhra Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered compensation in an amount stated in the judgment.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Writ Petition No. 24721 of 2026', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://s3.courtbook.in/2026/09/veligatla_venkata_narayana_v_state_of_andhra_pradesh_ors.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/high-court/andhra-pradesh-high-court/ap-high-court-orders-release-minor-treated-adult-imposes-personal-costs-police-officer-548698', '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:** AP HC held minor's remand to Central Prison illegal and without jurisdiction; SHO personally to pay Rs 10,000 costs to HCLSC.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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