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 "display_title": "Gharghoda Man v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others",
 "display_title_redacted": "Gharghoda Man v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others",
 "state": "Chhattisgarh",
 "district": "Raigarh",
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 "city_town": "Gharghoda",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Police Station Gharghoda",
 "court": "Chhattisgarh High Court",
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 "case_title": "Gharghoda Man v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others",
 "case_number": "WPCR No. 564 of 2025",
 "citation": "2026:CGHC:30886-DB; 2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 87",
 "judges": [
  "Ramesh Sinha",
  "Ravindra Kumar Agrawal"
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 "judgment_date": "2026-07-21",
 "date_precision": "day",
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 "incident_date": "2025-10-25",
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 "category": "Other",
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 "admin_subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
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 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
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   "age": 49,
   "gender": "male",
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   "descriptor": "Gharghoda man, age 49"
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 "compensation_inr": 25000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/07/28/ashraf-beg-v-state-of-chhattisgarh-ors-689784.pdf",
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  "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/chhattisgarh-high-court/compensation-illegal-detention-jail-despite-furnishing-bail-bond-543308"
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 "summary": "The judgment of the Chhattisgarh High Court records the following account. Summoned to Police Station Gharghoda, Raigarh, a Gharghoda man was arrested merely on suspicion though no cognizable or non-bailable offence was made out, and an Ishtgasa under BNSS ss.170/126 was prepared on 25 October 2025. Although the Executive Magistrate ordered his release on a Rs.1 lakh bond and he furnished it, the bond was sent for verification and he spent about four days in judicial custody before release. The Chhattisgarh High Court held that a person arrested merely on suspicion where only a bailable case exists must be released on bail and cannot be remanded to custody. The Court held the detention violated the petitioner's Article 21 right to life and liberty, allowed the writ petition, and directed the State to pay Rs.25,000 compensation within 30 days, citing D.K. Basu, Nilabati Behera and Sube Singh. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "Summoned to Police Station Gharghoda, Raigarh, a Gharghoda man was arrested merely on suspicion though no cognizable or non-bailable offence was made out, and an Ishtgasa under BNSS ss.170/126 was prepared on 25 October 2025. Although the Executive Magistrate ordered his release on a Rs.1 lakh bond and he furnished it, the bond was sent for verification and he spent about four days in judicial custody before release. The Chhattisgarh High Court held that a person arrested merely on suspicion where only a bailable case exists must be released on bail and cannot be remanded to custody. The Court held the detention violated the petitioner's Article 21 right to life and liberty, allowed the writ petition, and directed the State to pay Rs.25,000 compensation within 30 days, citing D.K. Basu, Nilabati Behera and Sube Singh.",
 "court_quote": "The above facts clearly reveal that the right of life and liberty of the petitioner enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India has been violated, therefore, the petitioner is entitled to get appropriate compensation.",
 "court_quote_para": "16",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Illegal arrest on suspicion and 4-day custody despite furnished bail bond; Article 21 violation with Rs.25,000 compensation.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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   "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"
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   "date": "2026-07-21",
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   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Chhattisgarh High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Chhattisgarh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 25,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "2026:CGHC:30886-DB; 2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 87",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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