# Shri Nicobar Man vs The Director General of Police and Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 August 2026 in WPA/388/2025, the High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair (Coram: Partha Sarathi Sen, J.) adjudicated the matter concerning the Investigating Officer, Campbell Bay Police Station.

- Register number: AN 00 CW 0001
- Case reference: WPA/388/2025 / 2026:CHC-PB:111
- Court and date: High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair (Coram: Partha Sarathi Sen, J.), 10 August 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Investigating Officer, Campbell Bay Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “no prima facie evidence has been produced to show compliance of the statutory requirements” (at para Para 11-12)
- 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/47336075/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0086)

**Record:** CW-2026-0086 (compiler id CWC-1367); case cop-an-hc-0
**Title:** Shri Nicobar Man vs The Director General of Police and Ors
**Court:** High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair; judges: Partha Sarathi Sen
**Case number / citation:** WPA/388/2025 / 2026:CHC-PB:111
**Judgment:** 2026-08-10 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands; police station or unit: Campbell Bay Police Station (Case No. 30 of 2021); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Investigating Officer, Campbell Bay Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Nicobar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court held that the State had produced no document apart from pleading to show compliance with the Supreme Court arrest safeguards in Campbell Bay PS Case No. 30 of 2021. The High Court held that no prima facie evidence had been produced to show compliance with the statutory arrest requirements. The High Court rejected the custodial-harm claim for want of prima facie material beyond a small superficial cut. The High Court directed a Deputy Superintendent of Police-level enquiry within 90 working days and directed disciplinary proceedings against the delinquent forthwith if breach is found.

> no prima facie evidence has been produced to show compliance of the statutory requirements

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47336075/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34895787/)
**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 11-12
**display title redacted:** Shri Nicobar Man vs The Director General of Police and Ors
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-08-10', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court at Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': '2026:CHC-PB:111', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47336075/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34895787/', '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:** Verified against the cited judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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