CW-2019-0038Ahilyanagar, MaharashtraJudgment 29 November 2019

Newasa Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. At about 2 a.m. on the night of 5-6 May 2018, Newasa police searched the petitioner's house without a search warrant and recovered nothing objectionable; the petitioner alleged an attempt to plant a country-made pistol and threats of false implication. The court found no written record of any secret information and no compliance with section 165 CrPC, though most officers were shown on different duties that night. It held the search illegal, an intrusion into privacy under Article 21 that defamed the entire family. The writ was partly allowed with Rs 25,000 compensation to be deposited by the Government within 45 days (8% interest on delay), with liberty to fix responsibility and recover from the officers; prosecution was not directed as section 197 CrPC sanction would be needed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 29 November 2019 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 25 of 2019, the Bombay High Court (Coram: T. V. Nalawade, S. M. Gavhane, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 13 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Newasa Police Station; Police Inspector, Kopargaon Police Station; Police personnel, S.D.P.O. Office, Ahmednagar Rural; Police personnel, Killa Police Station, Malegaon; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Belwandi Police Station, Newasa; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

Register number
MH 16 CW 0009
Case reference
Criminal Writ Petition No. 25 of 2019
Court and date
Bombay High Court (Coram: T. V. Nalawade, S. M. Gavhane, JJ.), 29 November 2019
Officer(s) at the material time
Police Constable, Newasa Police Station; Police Inspector, Kopargaon Police Station; Police personnel, S.D.P.O. Office, Ahmednagar Rural; Police personnel, Killa Police Station, Malegaon; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Belwandi Police Station, Newasa; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station; Police personnel, Newasa Police Station
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 165 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 166 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“This Court holds that the action of the police officers was illegal. This Court has no hesitation to hold that the State is liable to pay compensation to the petitioner for such illegal action.” (at para 19)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25,000.
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 Bombay High Court judgment dated 29 November 2019 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“This Court holds that the action of the police officers was illegal. This Court has no hesitation to hold that the State is liable to pay compensation to the petitioner for such illegal action.” (para 19)

Institutional response

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29 Nov 2019

Order issued

Concluded
Bombay High Court External · Binding

The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 25,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: Criminal Writ Petition No. 25 of 2019
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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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