CW-2024-0018Hingoli, MaharashtraJudgment 23 October 2024

Hingoli Man v. State of Maharashtra and Others

…arrested at 00:31 hrs on 06-08-2024 with sections swapped at production (report to delete ss.66-A/66-B and add s.67-A before the Magistrate); the Court held the IO applied no mind to which sections were invoked and recorded no reason for the arrest…. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 23 October 2024 in Criminal Application No. 2908 of 2024, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, S.G. Chapalgaonkar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector / Investigating Officer, City Police Station, Hingoli; Police Constable (complainant in personal capacity), Hingoli, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).

Register number
MH 38 CW 0003
Case reference
Criminal Application No. 2908 of 2024 / 2024:BHC-AUG:26094-DB
Court and date
Bombay High Court (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, S.G. Chapalgaonkar, JJ.), 23 October 2024
Officer(s) at the material time
Police Inspector / Investigating Officer, City Police Station, Hingoli; Police Constable (complainant in personal capacity), Hingoli
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 66A of the IT Act; Section 66B of the IT Act; Section 67A of the IT Act
Finding of the Court (extract)
“It is beyond imagination that before the arrest the Investigating Officer will not apply his mind, as to which are the sections those are invoked, what is the punishment, that is, prescribed and whether he can make a legal arrest …” (at para 6)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
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 Bombay High Court judgment dated 23 October 2024 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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OtherPrimary
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.

“It is beyond imagination that before the arrest the Investigating Officer will not apply his mind, as to which are the sections those are invoked, what is the punishment, that is, prescribed and whether he can make a legal arrest …” (para 6)

Institutional response

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23 Oct 2024

Order issued

Concluded
Bombay High Court External · Binding

The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 250,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: 2024:BHC-AUG:26094-DB
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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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