{
 "record_id": "CW-2026-0077",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-1354",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Buxar Man vs State of Bihar through Director General of Police",
 "display_title_redacted": "Buxar Man vs State of Bihar through Director General of Police",
 "state": "Bihar",
 "district": "Buxar",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": null,
 "police_station_or_unit": "Murar Police Station",
 "court": "Patna High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Patna High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Buxar Man vs State of Bihar through Director General of Police",
 "case_number": "CR. WJC No. 2515 of 2024",
 "citation": null,
 "judges": [
  "Jitendra Kumar"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "2026-06-16",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2024-07-04",
 "incident_year": 2024,
 "category": "Custodial torture",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial torture",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding",
 "sections": [
  "Section 197 CrPC / Section 218 BNSS (sanction not required)"
 ],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Station House Officer (former)",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "unit": "Murar Police Station, Buxar",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Station House Officer (former), Murar Police Station, Buxar"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 1,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Buxar man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": null,
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": null,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/125628724/",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/legal/news/court-warns-unchecked-police-brutality-could-turn-force-like-nazi-germany-orders-fir-against-cop-who-broke-mans-legs/articleshow/131874146.cms",
  "https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/bihar/2026/Jul/22/nazi-style-policing-comes-under-bashing",
  "https://www.verdictum.in/patna-high-court/manish-kumar-v-the-state-of-bihar-alleged-police-brutality-police-registration-sho-1616409"
 ],
 "summary": "The Patna High Court directed registration of FIR against the former SHO of Murar Police Station for brutally assaulting [name withheld] and breaking both his legs on 4 July 2024. The Court held that a brutal assault by a police officer on a citizen is not part of official duty, so no prior sanction under Section 197 CrPC is required. The Court rejected the police claim that the victim slipped in rain, relying on X-ray reports. The investigation was ordered to be transferred to CID, and the DGP was directed to submit a compliance report within 30 days.",
 "summary_verified": "The Patna High Court directed registration of FIR against the former SHO of Murar Police Station for brutally assaulting [name withheld] and breaking both his legs on 4 July 2024. The Court held that a brutal assault by a police officer on a citizen is not part of official duty, so no prior sanction under Section 197 CrPC is required. The Court rejected the police claim that the victim slipped in rain, relying on X-ray reports. The investigation was ordered to be transferred to CID, and the DGP was directed to submit a compliance report within 30 days.",
 "court_quote": "Moreover, for prosecution of the accused, who happened to be a police officer, does not require even sanction under Section 197 Cr.PC/ 218 B.N.S.S. because such brutal act on the part of the police officer against a poor man is not a part of his official duty.",
 "court_quote_para": "Paragraph 6",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Summary names an individual police officer ([name withheld]); the register must not name officers in any field (officers are tracked by rank/unit/role only) - name removed; All other facts verified correct: CR. WJC 2515/2024, Justice Jitendra Kumar, 16-06-2026, Murar PS Buxar, 04.07.2024 assault, no sanction under 197 CrPC/218 BNSS, X-ray relied on, CID investigation, DGP compliance report within 30 days, quote verbatim",
 "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": "Custodial torture",
   "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": "2026-06-16",
   "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.",
   "disposition": "adverse finding compensation",
   "source": "CR. WJC No. 2515 of 2024",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-24",
   "scope": "Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark)."
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-24",
 "link_checked_per_url": [
  {
   "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/125628724/",
   "link_checked": null
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  {
   "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/legal/news/court-warns-unchecked-police-brutality-could-turn-force-like-nazi-germany-orders-fir-against-cop-who-broke-mans-legs/articleshow/131874146.cms",
   "link_checked": null
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/bihar/2026/Jul/22/nazi-style-policing-comes-under-bashing",
   "link_checked": null
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.verdictum.in/patna-high-court/manish-kumar-v-the-state-of-bihar-alleged-police-brutality-police-registration-sho-1616409",
   "link_checked": null
  }
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 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
 "publication_basis": null,
 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": false,
 "verified_by": [
  "swarm-verify-cop-br-hc"
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 "merged_case_id": "cop-br-hc-2",
 "officers_named_public": 0,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}