The Bombay High Court held that officers of Gamdevi Police Station illegally detained a Mumbai woman overnight from 5 to 6 April 2008 after she visited the station to collect her complaint FIR, without any arrest memo, intimation to her mother, entry in the arrest register, or information of her bail rights for a bailable offence. The Court found a patent and uncontroverted violation of Article 21 in breach of the D.K. Basu and Sheela Barse guidelines. It directed the State to pay Rs 2,50,000 compensation with 8% interest from 5 April 2008 plus Rs 25,000 costs, left recovery from the erring officers open, and dismissed the petition against respondent No.4 (PI [name withheld]) with whom the petitioner had no grievance. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 5 March 2012 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1666 of 2010, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A. S. Oka, A. V. Potdar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Senior Inspector, Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai; Sub-Inspector, Gamdevi Police Station, Mumbai; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gamdevi Division, Mumbai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
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“We hold that the detention of the Petitioner by the officers of Gamdevi Police Station from 5th April, 2008 to 6th April, 2008 is illegal and there has been a gross violation of the fundamental right of the Petitioner guaranteed …” (para 22)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 250,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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