# Daltonganj Man v. State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 12 August 2003 in W.P.(S) No. 4640 of 2002, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Tapen Sen, J.) returned findings adverse to the Inspector, Daltonganj Police Station patrolling party, Palamu, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: JH 03 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.P.(S) No. 4640 of 2002 / AIR 2004 Jhar 66
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Tapen Sen, J.), 12 August 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector, Daltonganj Police Station patrolling party, Palamu
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “even if it is not a case of gross negligence, it can at best termed to be a case of a carefree and/or non chalant attitude on the part of the members of the police.” (at para 15)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/478595/dwarika-prasad-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent-1/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0019)

**Record:** CW-2003-0019 (compiler id CWC-0971); case GAP3-101-001
**Title:** Daltonganj Man v. State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Tapen Sen
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(S) No. 4640 of 2002 / AIR 2004 Jhar 66
**Judgment:** 2003-08-12 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-12-07 (2001)
**Place:** Palamu, Jharkhand; city town: Daltonganj; police station or unit: Daltonganj Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, Daltonganj Police Station patrolling party, Palamu
**Victims:** Daltonganj man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Jharkhand High Court allowed the father's writ after his son \[name withheld\] was killed on 7 December 2001 when a suspected parcel bomb exploded at Daltonganj. The court found the Daltonganj police patrolling party negligent: instead of summoning explosive experts, the Inspector had the civilian open the lunch-box device, killing him on the spot and injuring police personnel. It held this was not gross negligence but a carefree attitude, distinguishing the custodial-death award in Bahlen Balmuchu. The court ordered Rs 1 lakh compensation plus transposition of the deceased's STD booth licence to one brother and employment for the other. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> even if it is not a case of gross negligence, it can at best termed to be a case of a carefree and/or non chalant attitude on the part of the members of the police.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/478595/dwarika-prasad-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent-1/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** Daltonganj Man v. State of Jharkhand 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2003-08-12', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIR 2004 Jhar 66', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/478595/dwarika-prasad-appellant-hash-state-of-jharkhand-and-others-respondent-1/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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 1 lakh plus licence transposition and employment for police negligence causing blast death.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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