CW-2008-0022Jabalpur, Madhya PradeshJudgment 14 May 2008

Jabalpur Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.

Replace final sentence with the recorded State version: the State denied the handcuffing was unnecessary (giving no reasons) and denied responsibility for the trial delay, blaming the court's leniency toward the appellant. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 14 May 2008 in W.A. No. 1754 of 2007, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A.K. Patnaik, Ajit Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 70,000.

Register number
MP 20 CW 0003
Case reference
W.A. No. 1754 of 2007 / 2008 SCC OnLine MP 501; 2008 Cri LJ 3281
Court and date
Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A.K. Patnaik, Ajit Singh, JJ.), 14 May 2008
Officer(s) at the material time
Not identified in the cited sources (Police Station Gorakhpur, Jabalpur)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Nonetheless, the appellant was handcuffed without a valid justification and his dignity as a human being had been seriously affected.” (at para 15)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 70,000.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment dated 14 May 2008 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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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.

“Nonetheless, the appellant was handcuffed without a valid justification and his dignity as a human being had been seriously affected.” (para 15)

Institutional response

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14 May 2008

Order issued

Concluded
Madhya Pradesh High Court External · Binding

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 70,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: 2008 SCC OnLine MP 501; 2008 Cri LJ 3281
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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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