# Jagdishpur Man vs State Of Bihar And Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 May 1997, the Patna High Court (Coram: Choudhary S.N. Mishra, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police (Law & Order), Bhagalpur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Jagdishpur Police Station; Driver-cum-Constable, Office of DSP Law & Order, Bhagalpur; Constable (Bodyguard), Office of DSP Law & Order, Bhagalpur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.6 lakh (Rs 1,55,000).

- Register number: BR 10 CW 0005
- Case reference: 1998 ACJ 981, 1997 (45) BLJR 1365
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Choudhary S.N. Mishra, J.), 20 May 1997
- Officer(s) at the material time: Deputy Superintendent of Police (Law & Order), Bhagalpur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Jagdishpur Police Station; Driver-cum-Constable, Office of DSP Law & Order, Bhagalpur; Constable (Bodyguard), Office of DSP Law & Order, Bhagalpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On the contrary, the material available on record including the admitted facts amply goes to show that the husband of the petitioner died because of excessive torture meted out to him by the respondent Nos. 7 to 10. Now the …” (at para 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.6 lakh (Rs 1,55,000).
- 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/721289/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1997-0006)

**Record:** CW-1997-0006 (compiler id CWC-0050); case BIHAR2-002
**Title:** Jagdishpur Man vs State Of Bihar And Ors.
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Choudhary S.N. Mishra
**Case number / citation:** 1998 ACJ 981, 1997 (45) BLJR 1365
**Judgment:** 1997-05-20 (1997, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-07-24 (1994)
**Place:** Bhagalpur, Bihar; city town: Jagdishpur; police station or unit: Jagdishpur Police Station / DSP Law & Order, Bhagalpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 226; IPC 304
**Officers (gated display forms):** Deputy Superintendent of Police (Law & Order), Bhagalpur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Jagdishpur Police Station; Driver-cum-Constable, Office of DSP Law & Order, Bhagalpur; Constable (Bodyguard), Office of DSP Law & Order, Bhagalpur (4 in record)
**Victims:** Jagdishpur man, age 27; Jagdishpur man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.6 lakh (Rs 1,55,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Patna High Court allowed a criminal writ petition filed by Dulari Devi for the custodial death of her 27-year-old husband, a Jagdishpur man, who died in Central Jail Bhagalpur on July 28, 1994, following severe beatings in police custody. On July 24, 1994, a police party led by DSP tied up and assaulted a Jagdishpur man and neighbor a Jagdishpur man with lathis, assaulted them further at Jagdishpur police station, and falsely implicated them under the Arms Act. The Court held that the deceased died due to excessive torture inflicted by the four police respondents, directed the State to deposit Rs. 1,50,000 compensation and Rs. 5,00,000 costs with liberty to recover the sum from the guilty officers, and instructed the State to consider initiating criminal prosecution against them. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On the contrary, the material available on record including the admitted facts amply goes to show that the husband of the petitioner died because of excessive torture meted out to him by the respondent Nos. 7 to 10. Now the question arises as to the quantum of compensation.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/721289/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Jagdishpur Man vs State Of Bihar And Ors.
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1997-05-20', '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 155,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1998 ACJ 981, 1997 (45) BLJR 1365', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/721289/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Patna HC found custodial death due to excessive torture by police, awarded Rs. 1,50,000 compensation and Rs. 5,000 costs, directing State to consider criminal prosecution.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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