# Deoria Man And 3 Others vs State Of U.P. And 2 Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 September 2026 in HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 506 of 2026, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Atul Sreedharan, Divesh Chandra Samant, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Station House Officer (since transferred), P.S. Gauri Bazar, Deoria, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 65,000.

- Register number: UP 52 CW 0001
- Case reference: HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 506 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 (since transferred), P.S. Gauri Bazar, Deoria
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India of the Constitution of India; the Section 119(g) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Under the said circumstances, it would not be unreasonable to presume that the period during which the camera feed was not recorded, may also have been physically deleted in order to wipe out the evidence of the proceedings in the …” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 65,000.
- 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/13242551/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0105)

**Record:** CW-2026-0105 (compiler id CWC-1395)
**Title:** Deoria Man And 3 Others vs State Of U.P. And 2 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. - 506 of 2026
**Judgment:** 2026-09-09 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2026-04-13 (2026)
**Place:** Deoria, Uttar Pradesh; police station or unit: P.S. Gauri Bazar, District Deoria; 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; Section 119(g) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer (since transferred), P.S. Gauri Bazar, Deoria (1 in record)
**Victims:** Deoria man; Deoria woman; Deoria woman; Deoria woman (4 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 65,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The High Court recorded that after a murder FIR at P.S. Gauri Bazar, Deoria, police took relatives of a named accused, who were not themselves accused, into custody: a man was held for two days, and two women and a two-and-a-half-year-old girl were held from 13.04.2026 to 23.04.2026 without arrest or production before a Magistrate, and were released a day before the habeas corpus petition was filed. The SHO said the station's CCTV stopped working on 12.04.2026; the Superintendent of Police's own inquiry found him guilty of dereliction for not keeping it functional, and the DVR held only fragments of footage for 12-16 April. The court applied the presumption against the party withholding evidence, held the SHO responsible for the detentions, observed that footage may have been deliberately deleted, and directed the State to pay Rs 20,000 each to the three held for ten days and Rs 5,000 to the man, to be recovered from the salary of those responsible after an enquiry, with its displeasure recorded in the SHO's service book.

> Under the said circumstances, it would not be unreasonable to presume that the period during which the camera feed was not recorded, may also have been physically deleted in order to wipe out the evidence of the proceedings in the Thana during that relevant period of time.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/13242551/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/allahabad-hc-bunch-liars-sho-sp-police-station-cctv-lapses-65k-compensation-illegal-detention-549334)
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Deoria Man And 3 Others vs State Of U.P. And 2 Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-10-05', 'scope': 'Copwatch expansion sweep: order dated 09.09.2026 was missing from the site; record written from the order text on Indian Kanoon; quote checked verbatim; officer and family members 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 then SHO responsible for unlawful detentions of up to ten days, awarded Rs 65,000 in all, recoverable from the salary of those responsible after an enquiry, and directed an entry in his service book. The SP's own inquiry had earlier found the SHO guilty of dereliction over the CCTV system.", 'disposition': 'Adverse finding (illegal detention; CCTV footage presumed deleted) · Rs 65,000 compensation · recovery from salary · service-book entry', 'source': 'HABC No. 506 of 2026', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-10-05
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/13242551/', '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. 506 of 2026 (Indian Kanoon). Detention periods at paras 1-4, the SP's inquiry and DVR gaps at paras 9-11, the presumption at paras 15 and 19, and compensation and recovery at para 21. The SHO and the detained family members are not named here; one detainee was a two-and-a-half-year-old child.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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