Detailed record
Report card
By judgment dated 9 September 2026 in HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 506 of 2026, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Atul Sreedharan, Divesh Chandra Samant, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Station House Officer (since transferred), P.S. Gauri Bazar, Deoria, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 65,000.
- Register number
- UP 52 CW 0001
- Case reference
- HABEAS CORPUS WRIT PETITION No. - 506 of 2026
- Court and date
- Allahabad High Court (Coram: Atul Sreedharan, Divesh Chandra Samant, JJ.), 9 September 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Station House Officer (since transferred), P.S. Gauri Bazar, Deoria
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Article 21 of the Constitution of India of the Constitution of India; the Section 119(g) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Under the said circumstances, it would not be unreasonable to presume that the period during which the camera feed was not recorded, may also have been physically deleted in order to wipe out the evidence of the proceedings in the …” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 65,000.
- Present status of the proceedings
- The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
Judgment dated 9 September 2026. This judgment may still be subject to appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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Court finding
A court has made a finding on this allegation.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“Under the said circumstances, it would not be unreasonable to presume that the period during which the camera feed was not recorded, may also have been physically deleted in order to wipe out the evidence of the proceedings in the …” (para 19)
Separate from verification
Institutional response
9 Sep 2026
Order issued
ConcludedHigh Court of Judicature at Allahabad External · Binding
The High Court held the then SHO responsible for unlawful detentions of up to ten days, awarded Rs 65,000 in all, recoverable from the salary of those responsible after an enquiry, and directed an entry in his service book. The SP's own inquiry had earlier found the SHO guilty of dereliction over the CCTV system.
Adverse finding (illegal detention; CCTV footage presumed deleted) · Rs 65,000 compensation · recovery from salary · service-book entry.
Source: HABC No. 506 of 2026
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Continuing record
Follow-up history
5 Oct 2026 (Copwatch expansion sweep: order dated 09.09.2026 was missing from the site; record written from the order text on Indian Kanoon; quote checked verbatim; officer and family members not named.)
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
