# Prayagraj Man (Corpus) And Another vs State Of U.P. And 4 Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 September 2026 in HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 906 of 2026, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Atul Sreedharan, Divesh Chandra Samant, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, P.S. George Town, Prayagraj; Investigating Officer, P.S. George Town, Prayagraj, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 40,000.

- Register number: UP 70 CW 0006
- Case reference: HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 906 of 2026
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Atul Sreedharan, Divesh Chandra Samant, JJ.), 9 September 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, P.S. George Town, Prayagraj; Investigating Officer, P.S. George Town, Prayagraj
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India (habeas corpus) of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The police cannot resort to pressure tactics to compel the actual offender to surrender before it by unlawfully detaining an innocent member of his family who has no connection with the alleged offence.” (at para 10)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 40,000.
- 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/197536445/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0101)

**Record:** CW-2026-0101 (compiler id CWC-1391)
**Title:** Prayagraj Man (Corpus) And Another vs State Of U.P. And 4 Others
**Court:** Allahabad High Court (verified as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad); judges: Atul Sreedharan; Divesh Chandra Samant
**Case number / citation:** HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 906 of 2026
**Judgment:** 2026-09-09 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2026-06-23 (2026)
**Place:** Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Prayagraj; police station or unit: P.S. George Town, District Prayagraj; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India (habeas corpus)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, P.S. George Town, Prayagraj; Investigating Officer, P.S. George Town, Prayagraj (2 in record)
**Victims:** Prayagraj man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 40,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The High Court recorded that police of P.S. George Town, Prayagraj picked up a man from his house in Jaunpur on 23.06.2026 to question him in an attempted-murder case against his brother, who was then absconding, and released him only at about 7:00 p.m. on 26.06.2026. The Investigating Officer told the court he went to the house on the SHO's direction. Call records and CCTV footage corroborated the detention; no CCTV footage for 26.06.2026 was produced. The court held the man was in unlawful custody for at least four days, that he was held to pressure his brother to surrender, and awarded Rs. 40,000 compensation to be recovered from the salaries of those responsible. It directed that its displeasure with the SHO and the Investigating Officer be recorded in their service records.

> The police cannot resort to pressure tactics to compel the actual offender to surrender before it by unlawfully detaining an innocent member of his family who has no connection with the alleged offence.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/197536445/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-hc-police-cannot-detain-innocent-family-member-accused-surrender-552575)
**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': 'Court finding', 'position_explainer': 'A court has made a finding on this allegation.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** True
**court quote para:** 10
**display title redacted:** Prayagraj Man (Corpus) And Another vs State Of U.P. And 4 Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-10-05', 'scope': 'Past-week sweep (26 Sep-5 Oct): order dated 09.09.2026 first reported on 01.10.2026; record written from the order text on Indian Kanoon; quote checked verbatim; officers and the detained man are not named.'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-09-09', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Judicature at Allahabad', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court held the petitioner was in unlawful police custody from 23.06.2026 to 26.06.2026, awarded Rs. 40,000 compensation recoverable from the salaries of the personnel responsible, and directed that its displeasure be recorded in the service records of the SHO and the Investigating Officer.', 'disposition': 'Adverse finding (illegal detention) · Rs. 40,000 compensation · recovery from salaries · service-record entry', 'source': 'HABC No. 906 of 2026', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-10-05
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/197536445/', 'link_checked': '2026-10-05'}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-hc-police-cannot-detain-innocent-family-member-accused-surrender-552575', 'link_checked': '2026-10-05'}
**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:** Checked against the Allahabad High Court order dated 09.09.2026 in HABC No. 906 of 2026 (Indian Kanoon), first reported by LiveLaw on 01.10.2026. The detention period is at para 7, the compensation and recovery at para 9, and the finding and service-record direction at para 10. The officers named in the order are withheld here.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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