# Ranchi Man vs State of Bihar and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 June 2003 in C.W.J.C. No. 3088 of 1996(R), the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Tapen Sen, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Jagannathpur Police Station, Ranchi, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).

- Register number: JH 01 CW 0003
- Case reference: C.W.J.C. No. 3088 of 1996(R) / 2003 CriLJ 3803
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Tapen Sen, J.), 2 June 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Jagannathpur Police Station, Ranchi
- 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 395 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 412 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Consequently, it was held that the charges levelled against all the nine police personnels were proved and they were held guilty and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the learned Court sentenced them to undergo rigorous …” (at para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
- 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/520221/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0005)

**Record:** CW-2003-0005 (compiler id CWC-0171); case JHARKH-001
**Title:** Ranchi Man vs State of Bihar and Ors.
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Tapen Sen
**Case number / citation:** C.W.J.C. No. 3088 of 1996(R) / 2003 CriLJ 3803
**Judgment:** 2003-06-02 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-07-27 (1990)
**Place:** Ranchi, Jharkhand; city town: Ranchi; police station or unit: Jagannathpur Police Station, Ranchi; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226; IPC 395; IPC 412; Arms Act
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Jagannathpur Police Station, Ranchi (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ranchi man, age 28 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. A Ranchi man @ a Ranchi man was apprehended along with two others by Jagannathpur police on 27 July 1990 following an alleged dacoity, and was brutally assaulted with rifle butts and iron rods in a police jeep, resulting in his custodial death. The trial court convicted the accused police personnel in Sessions Trial No. 551 of 1993. On a writ petition by the deceased's widow, the Jharkhand High Court held that the factum of brutal custodial killing in violation of Article 21 was shocking beyond words and directed the State to pay Rs. 10,00,000 in compensation to the widow and three minor children. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Consequently, it was held that the charges levelled against all the nine police personnels were proved and they were held guilty and keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the learned Court sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years and also to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000/-.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/520221/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/122009310/)
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** Ranchi 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2003-06-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2003 CriLJ 3803', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/520221/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/122009310/', '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:** High Court awarded Rs 10 lakh compensation to widow and children for brutal custodial death of a Ranchi man @ a Ranchi man by Jagannathpur police.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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