The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) held that journalist Surendra Taori of Malkapur was mercilessly beaten by police officers in Rural Police Station custody on 24 October 1999, sustaining serious injuries including to his right eye, after reporting on police malpractice. The court further held he was illegally detained from 23 to 30 October 1999 under Chapter VIII CrPC proceedings before a police officer acting as Special Executive Magistrate, without following ss.111 and 116 CrPC and in violation of Articles 14 and 21. It directed the State to pay Rs. 15,000 compensation plus Rs. 5,000 costs within four weeks and to take suitable action against the guilty officers (respondent Nos. 3 to 6), with liberty to recover the sum from those found responsible. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 27 July 2001 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 312 of 1999, the Bombay High Court (Coram: J.N. Patel, J., P.V. Hardas, J., JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Malkapur police, Buldhana district; Police Constable, Police Station (Rural), Malkapur; Police personnel, Malkapur police, Buldhana district; Police personnel, Malkapur police, Buldhana district, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 15,000.
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 27 July 2001 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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Official finding: supports allegation.
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“We have already come to the conclusion that the petitioner was tortured in Police Custody which was illegal, causing him serious injuries and further came to be detained under the impugned order illegally and unauthorisedly, without following the procedure provided …” (para 20)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 15,000.
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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