{
 "record_id": "CW-2020-0014",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0074",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Patna Man vs The State of Bihar and Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "Patna Man vs The State of Bihar and Others",
 "state": "Bihar",
 "district": "Patna",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Patna",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Agamkuan Police Station, Patna",
 "court": "Patna High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Patna High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Patna Man vs The State of Bihar and Others",
 "case_number": "CWJC No. 609 of 2016",
 "citation": "2020(11) eILR(PAT) HC 1426",
 "judges": [
  "Mohit Kumar Shah"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2020-11-13",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2020,
 "incident_date": "2000-12-28",
 "incident_year": 2000,
 "category": "Other",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "disproportionate_force",
 "subcategory": "disproportionate_force",
 "subcategory_display": "disproportionate force",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [],
 "officers": [],
 "officer_count": 0,
 "victims": [
  {
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Patna man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 1000000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/ILR/viewpdf.aspx?T=HI&ID=NDg5MQ%3d%3d-SLcQ1q493uE%3d",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://indialegallive.com/constitutional-law-news/courts-news/patna-hc-bihar-government-police-encounter-compensation/"
 ],
 "summary": "The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. On 28 December 2000, a Patna man was shot dead near Kumhar police post while on his way to Sandalpur Hostel, during an exchange of fire between police and criminals; official reports admitted an innocent passerby died in the shootout. His father moved the DM, the NHRC and an earlier writ without relief before filing this petition. The court held the State strictly liable in public law for the Article 21 violation, ruling negligence need not be proved and operational compulsions cannot justify loss of innocent life, and awarded Rs.10,00,000 compensation with 24% interest on delayed payment while declining compassionate appointment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "On 28 December 2000, a Patna man was shot dead near Kumhar police post while on his way to Sandalpur Hostel, during an exchange of fire between police and criminals; official reports admitted an innocent passerby died in the shootout. His father moved the DM, the NHRC and an earlier writ without relief before filing this petition. The court held the State strictly liable in public law for the Article 21 violation, ruling negligence need not be proved and operational compulsions cannot justify loss of innocent life, and awarded Rs.10,00,000 compensation with 24% interest on delayed payment while declining compassionate appointment.",
 "court_quote": "मुआवजे के रूप में 1000000 रुपये (के वल दस लाख रुपये) प्राप्त करने का उत्तरदायी है।",
 "court_quote_para": "29",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Single-judge Hindi judgment verified; Rs 10L for passerby killed in police shootout.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "tier_history": [
  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
 ],
 "allegations": [
  {
   "category": "Other",
   "primary": true,
   "position": "Material fact supported",
   "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "2020-11-13",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Patna High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Patna High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "2020(11) eILR(PAT) HC 1426",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-19",
   "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass",
   "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "holds",
   "corrections_applied": [
    "court_quote_para"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/ILR/viewpdf.aspx?T=HI&ID=NDg5MQ%3d%3d-SLcQ1q493uE%3d",
   "link_checked": null
  },
  {
   "url": "https://indialegallive.com/constitutional-law-news/courts-news/patna-hc-bihar-government-police-encounter-compensation/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": false,
 "verified_by": [
  "chunk-52"
 ],
 "merged_case_id": "GAP14-002",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}