CW-2007-0006Bengaluru Urban, KarnatakaJudgment 19 April 2007

Bengaluru Man vs State by K. G. Nagar Police Station & Ors.

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. A Bengaluru man and his sister [name withheld], who had filed a private complaint against a religious seer, were assaulted by K. G. Nagar police on the night of 7 January 2007, illegally detained at the station till the evening of 8 January 2007 and treated inhumanly. On a habeas corpus petition the High Court first secured their release and then ordered a Registrar (Vigilance) enquiry, which proved the assault, illegal detention and inhuman treatment on 7-8 January 2007 while rejecting claims for the earlier dates. A Division Bench accepted the report, awarded Rs 50,000 compensation plus Rs 5,000 litigation costs payable by the State, and directed the Director General of Police to conduct an independent enquiry and proceed against the erring officials. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 19 April 2007, the Karnataka High Court (Coram: R. Gururajan, Anand Byrareddy, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

Register number
KA 01 CW 0011
Case reference
2007 (4) Kar LJ 627; AIR 2007 (NOC) 1641 (Kar); 2007 Cri LJ (NOC) 751
Court and date
Karnataka High Court (Coram: R. Gururajan, Anand Byrareddy, JJ.), 19 April 2007
Officer(s) at the material time
Not identified in the cited sources (K. G. Nagar Police Station)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The only other finding against the police is that the police ill-treated a Bengaluru man and Smt. A Bengaluru woman on 7-1-2007. The said report is accepted by us in the light of the detailed findings given by the Registrar.” (at para 6)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Karnataka High Court judgment dated 19 April 2007 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial torturePrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The only other finding against the police is that the police ill-treated a Bengaluru man and Smt. A Bengaluru woman on 7-1-2007. The said report is accepted by us in the light of the detailed findings given by the Registrar.” (para 6)

Institutional response

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19 Apr 2007

Order issued

Concluded
Karnataka High Court External · Binding

The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: 2007 (4) Kar LJ 627; AIR 2007 (NOC) 1641 (Kar); 2007 Cri LJ (NOC) 751
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(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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