# Durg Man vs State of Chhattisgarh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 January 2026 in WPCR No. 11 of 2026, the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur (Coram: \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning 7 police personnel, namely: SHO, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; CSP, PS Supela, Durg; ASI, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Head Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Head Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg.

- Register number: CG 07 CW 0003
- Case reference: WPCR No. 11 of 2026 / 2026:CGHC:3546-DB
- Court and date: High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur (Coram: \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], JJ.), 21 January 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: SHO, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; CSP, PS Supela, Durg; ASI, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Head Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Head Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 Constitution of India of the Constitution of India; Article 22 Constitution of India of the Constitution of India; Arnesh Kumar v State of Bihar; Satender Kumar Antil v CBI; D.K. Basu v State of West Bengal; Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; Section 187 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court records its serious concern and strong disapproval of the manner in which respondent No.2, Station House Officer, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, Police Station Supela, District Durg (C.G.), appears to have acted, revealing a casual and hasty approach in …” (at para Paragraph 31)
- 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/144541158/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0080)

**Record:** CW-2026-0080 (compiler id CWC-1358); case cop-ct-hc-2
**Title:** Durg Man vs State of Chhattisgarh
**Court:** High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; judges: \[name withheld\]; \[name withheld\]
**Case number / citation:** WPCR No. 11 of 2026 / 2026:CGHC:3546-DB
**Judgment:** 2026-01-21 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-10-22 (2025)
**Place:** Durg, Chhattisgarh; police station or unit: Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** Article 21 Constitution of India; Article 22 Constitution of India; Arnesh Kumar v State of Bihar; Satender Kumar Antil v CBI; D.K. Basu v State of West Bengal; Section 35 BNSS; Section 187 BNSS
**Officers (gated display forms):** SHO, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; CSP, PS Supela, Durg; ASI, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Head Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Head Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg; Constable, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, PS Supela, Durg (7 in record)
**Victims:** Durg man; Durg man; Durg man; Durg man; Durg man (5 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court found serious procedural lapses and irregularities by police officials at Smriti Nagar Chowki, Durg. The petitioners were illegally detained, subjected to physical and mental torture, handcuffed illegally, paraded on public roads, and forced to shout humiliating slogans. The SHO appeared unauthorizedly during bail proceedings, prompting adverse judicial observations. The Court directed the DGP to examine the SHO's conduct, take disciplinary measures if warranted, issue standing instructions to all units against deviation from constitutional safeguards, and sensitize police personnel on Arnesh Kumar, Satender Kumar Antil, and D.K. Basu guidelines.

> This Court records its serious concern and strong disapproval of the manner in which respondent No.2, Station House Officer, Police Chowki Smriti Nagar, Police Station Supela, District Durg (C.G.), appears to have acted, revealing a casual and hasty approach in the exercise of police powers, in clear disregard of the constitutional safeguards and procedural mandates governing arrest, detention and treatment of citizens.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144541158/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** Paragraph 31
**display title redacted:** Durg Man vs State of Chhattisgarh
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-01-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': '2026:CGHC:3546-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144541158/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** court_quote.text names a police officer by personal name (Shri \[name withheld\]) in violation of privacy rule requiring redaction of officer names in any field; rank/unit verification otherwise matches respondents 2-8
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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