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 "display_title": "Ranchi Man vs Union of India through Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sub Zone, Ranchi",
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 "state": "Jharkhand",
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 "court": "Jharkhand High Court",
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 "case_title": "Ranchi Man vs Union of India through Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sub Zone, Ranchi",
 "case_number": "W.P.(Cr.) No. 623 of 2023",
 "citation": "2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 40",
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 "judgment_date": "2023-09-06",
 "date_precision": "day",
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 "incident_date": "2015-10-06",
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 "category": "Other",
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  "NDPS Act 1985 s.8/18(b)",
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  {
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Ranchi man"
  }
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 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 800000,
 "force": "central_armed",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/displayphp-5-1540383.pdf",
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  "https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/64ff8dc7f6fa7f68ca4a3b7f",
  "https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/ncb-directed-to-pay-8-lakhs-compensation-to-wrongful-detainee-jharkhand-high-court-orders-immediate-release-1493932",
  "https://lawtrend.in/jharkhand-hc-fines-ncb-for-putting-man-behind-bars-in-false-case/"
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 "summary": "The Jharkhand High Court found that a Ranchi man, a dhaba waiter arrested at Barachatti (Gaya, [name withheld]) on 6 October 2015, spent about eight years in jail for a crime he did not commit after NCB officials falsely implicated him in an NDPS case. The court noted the NCB itself had twice sought withdrawal of the prosecution under s.321 CrPC, conceding the false implication, and that eight NCB officials had been charge-sheeted under s.58 of the NDPS Act. It quashed the FIR, cognizance order and trial proceedings, ordered the petitioner's forthwith release, and awarded Rs 8 lakh compensation payable through the ADG, NCB Sub Zone Ranchi, recoverable from the erring officials if found guilty. The court held the illegal confinement violated Article 21 and was a proved case of atrocity. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Jharkhand High Court found that a Ranchi man, a dhaba waiter arrested at Barachatti (Gaya, [name withheld]) on 6 October 2015, spent about eight years in jail for a crime he did not commit after NCB officials falsely implicated him in an NDPS case. The court noted the NCB itself had twice sought withdrawal of the prosecution under s.321 CrPC, conceding the false implication, and that eight NCB officials had been charge-sheeted under s.58 of the NDPS Act. It quashed the FIR, cognizance order and trial proceedings, ordered the petitioner's forthwith release, and awarded Rs 8 lakh compensation payable through the ADG, NCB Sub Zone Ranchi, recoverable from the erring officials if found guilty. The court held the illegal confinement violated Article 21 and was a proved case of atrocity.",
 "court_quote": "In view of the above facts and the submissions of the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the parties, it appears that the petitioner has falsely been made accused in the instant case which was found to be false by none other than the agency which has implicated the petitioner.",
 "court_quote_para": "7",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Judgment verified; HC quashed false NDPS case and ordered Rs 8L compensation; NCB is a central agency exercising police powers under the NDPS Act (force coded central_armed as closest value).",
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 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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   "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.",
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   "date": "2023-09-06",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
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   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 800,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 40",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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