# Jamshedpur Man and Another v. State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 March 1991 in Criminal W.J.C. No. 87 of 1990 (R), the Patna High Court (Coram: Satyabrata Sinha, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Sidhgora Police Station, Jamshedpur (Respondent No. 3); Police personnel, Sidhgora Police Station, Jamshedpur (Respondent No. 4), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 20,000.

- Register number: JH 05 CW 0010
- Case reference: Criminal W.J.C. No. 87 of 1990 (R) / 1992(1) BLJR 60
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Satyabrata Sinha, J.), 18 March 1991
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Sidhgora Police Station, Jamshedpur (Respondent No. 3); Police personnel, Sidhgora Police Station, Jamshedpur (Respondent No. 4)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Rule 241 of the Bihar Police Manual; Section (arrest/handcuffing safeguards incl. duty to inform grounds of arrest) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 (as recorded in Sidhgora P.S. Case Nos. 40-41 of 1990) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “there was no reasonable cause for the petitioners being detained in police custody nor as there \[sic\] any cause for handcuffing of the petitioners and roping either by Respondent No. 4 or by the escorting party” (at para 54)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 20,000.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1296325/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1991-0004)

**Record:** CW-1991-0004 (compiler id CWC-0970); case GAP3-100-003
**Title:** Jamshedpur Man and Another v. State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; bench: Ranchi; judges: Satyabrata Sinha
**Case number / citation:** Criminal W.J.C. No. 87 of 1990 (R) / 1992(1) BLJR 60
**Judgment:** 1991-03-18 (1991, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-05-25 (1990)
**Place:** Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand (district at time: Singhbhum, Bihar); city town: Jamshedpur; police station or unit: Sidhgora Police Station, Jamshedpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Bihar Police Manual r.241; CrPC (arrest/handcuffing safeguards incl. duty to inform grounds of arrest); IPC 380; IPC 307 (as recorded in Sidhgora P.S. Case Nos. 40-41 of 1990)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Sidhgora Police Station, Jamshedpur (Respondent No. 3); Police personnel, Sidhgora Police Station, Jamshedpur (Respondent No. 4) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Jamshedpur man, age 35; Jamshedpur man, age 47 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 20,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Patna High Court (Ranchi bench) partly allowed the writ of two TISCO Assistant Security Officers detained at Sidhgora police station on 25 May 1990. The court held there was no reasonable cause for their detention, for refusing them bail, or for handcuffing and roping them in public view outside the magistrate's court, finding respondent No. 4's action smacked of malice. It condemned the officers' conduct as a gross violation of fundamental rights. The court directed the State to pay Rs 20,000 as exemplary costs and to hold an inquiry fixing individual liability of respondent Nos. 3 and 4 (or others), with recovery from those found liable. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> there was no reasonable cause for the petitioners being detained in police custody nor as there \[sic\] any cause for handcuffing of the petitioners and roping either by Respondent No. 4 or by the escorting party

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1296325/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=711991470000&Title=ANJANI-KUMAR-SINHA-Vs.-STATE-OF-BIHAR)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 54
**display title redacted:** Jamshedpur Man and Another v. State of Bihar and Others
**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': \['court_quote'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1991-03-18', '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 20,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1992(1) BLJR 60', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1296325/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=711991470000&Title=ANJANI-KUMAR-SINHA-Vs.-STATE-OF-BIHAR', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Writ allowed; Rs 20,000 exemplary costs for illegal detention and handcuffing/roping without cause.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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