# Govindpur Man v. State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 August 2002 in Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 192 of 2001, the Patna High Court (Coram: R.S. Garg, J.) returned findings adverse to the Officer-in-Charge, Govindpur PS, Nawada, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: BR 27 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 192 of 2001 / (2002) 3 PLJR 637
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: R.S. Garg, J.), 6 August 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Officer-in-Charge, Govindpur PS, Nawada
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 76 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We live in the rule of law and not under the police rule where whatever is done by the police is taken to be absolutely correct.” (at para 15)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/763132/raj-kumar-choudhary-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0004)

**Record:** CW-2002-0004 (compiler id CWC-0045); case EAST---NORTHEAST-002; aliases: CWC-1455
**Title:** Govindpur Man v. State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: R.S. Garg
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 192 of 2001 / (2002) 3 PLJR 637
**Judgment:** 2002-08-06 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-10-27 (2000)
**Place:** Nawada, Bihar; city town: Govindpur; police station or unit: Govindpur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 76; Constitution of India Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Officer-in-Charge, Govindpur PS, Nawada (1 in record)
**Victims:** Govindpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. Justice R.S. Garg held that Officer-in-\[name withheld\] of Govindpur police station wrongly arrested a Govindpur man on 27 October 2000 in execution of a non-bailable warrant issued in Excise Case 24/99 against Rajo Choudhary (the nickname of his brother \[name withheld\]), despite protests by family, neighbours and the chowkidar, leading to 120+ days in jail till the JMFC Nawada ordered release on 28 February 2001. The Court rejected the Section 76 IPC bona-fide-mistake defence, noting the officer persisted with a false stand instead of seeking a second opinion. It awarded Rs 50,000 compensation (Rs 40,000 by the State plus Rs 10,000 personally by the officer) payable within two months, leaving prosecution of the officer to the State authorities. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We live in the rule of law and not under the police rule where whatever is done by the police is taken to be absolutely correct.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/763132/raj-kumar-choudhary-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/125183/raj-kumar-choudhary-vs-state-bihar-ors); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=711002806000&title=raj-kumar-chaudhary-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:** 15
**display title redacted:** Govindpur Man 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2002-08-06', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2002) 3 PLJR 637', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/763132/raj-kumar-choudhary-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/125183/raj-kumar-choudhary-vs-state-bihar-ors', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=711002806000&title=raj-kumar-chaudhary-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:** Patna HC held wrong-person arrest, 120+ days jail; Rs 50K (Rs 40K State + Rs 10K officer personally).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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