# Mumbai Man And Ors vs Central Bureau Of Investigation And Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 April 2026 in CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4451 OF 2022 with CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4104 OF 2022, the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Coram: A. S. Gadkari, Shyam C. Chandak, JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning 5 police personnel, namely: Senior Police Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Head Constable, Wadala Railway Police Station; Police Constable, Wadala Railway Police Station.

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0051
- Case reference: CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4451 OF 2022 with CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4104 OF 2022
- Court and date: High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Coram: A. S. Gadkari, Shyam C. Chandak, JJ.), 6 April 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Senior Police Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Head Constable, Wadala Railway Police Station; Police Constable, Wadala Railway Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Sections 302 and 295-A of the IPC
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, adverse inference is permissible against the police whomsoever he/she may be.” (at para para 13)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/44261376/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0071)

**Record:** CW-2026-0071 (compiler id CWC-1344); case cop-mh-hc-1
**Title:** Mumbai Man And Ors vs Central Bureau Of Investigation And Ors
**Court:** High Court of Judicature at Bombay; judges: A. S. Gadkari; Shyam C. Chandak
**Case number / citation:** CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4451 OF 2022 with CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4104 OF 2022
**Judgment:** 2026-04-06 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2014-04-18 (2014)
**Place:** Mumbai, Maharashtra; police station or unit: Wadala Railway Police Station; Kurla Railway Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** Sections 302 and 295-A of the IPC
**Officers (gated display forms):** Senior Police Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Assistant Police Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Police Sub-Inspector, Wadala Railway Police Station; Head Constable, Wadala Railway Police Station; Police Constable, Wadala Railway Police Station (5 in record)
**Victims:** Mumbai man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court upheld the trial court's order directing framing of additional charges under Sections 302 and 295-A of the IPC against railway police personnel for the custodial death of a detainee picked up for a robbery inquiry. The High Court held that there was sufficient material against the accused police personnel. The High Court held that adverse inference was permissible against the police. The High Court sent the matter back for framing of charges and trial.

> Therefore, adverse inference is permissible against the police whomsoever he/she may be.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/44261376/)
**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:** para 13
**display title redacted:** Mumbai Man And Ors vs Central Bureau Of Investigation And Ors
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-04-06', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Judicature at Bombay', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Judicature at Bombay recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': 'CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4451 OF 2022 with CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.4104 OF 2022', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/44261376/', '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:** case_title incorrectly shows '\[name withheld\]' — actual title is '\[name withheld\] And Ors vs Central Bureau Of Investigation And Ors'
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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