# Sindhaul Man vs State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 September 2003 in C.W.J.C. No. 10329 of 2001, the Patna High Court (Coram: Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Officer-in-charge, Sindhaul Police Station, Begusarai; Sub-Inspector, Sindhaul Police Station, Begusarai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 75,000.

- Register number: BR 09 CW 0001
- Case reference: C.W.J.C. No. 10329 of 2001 / 2004 (2) PLJR 541
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, J.), 17 September 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Officer-in-charge, Sindhaul Police Station, Begusarai; Sub-Inspector, Sindhaul Police Station, Begusarai
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is on account of the failure, negligence and dereliction of duty of the employees of the State posted in the police station that the theft had taken place.” (at para 18)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 75,000.
- 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/737850/heera-lal-yadav-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0020)

**Record:** CW-2003-0020 (compiler id CWC-0975); case GAP3-101-005
**Title:** Sindhaul Man vs State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Chandramauli Kumar Prasad
**Case number / citation:** C.W.J.C. No. 10329 of 2001 / 2004 (2) PLJR 541
**Judgment:** 2003-09-17 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-04-08 (2001)
**Place:** Begusarai, Bihar; city town: Sindhaul; police station or unit: Sindhaul Police Station, Begusarai; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Officer-in-charge, Sindhaul Police Station, Begusarai; Sub-Inspector, Sindhaul Police Station, Begusarai (2 in record)
**Victims:** Sindhaul man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 75,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A tractor (BR-08-0855) with thrasher seized by the District Transport Officer was handed to Sindhaul Police Station, Begusarai, for safe custody on 29 March 2001; after the owner deposited tax and fine and obtained a release order, the tractor was found stolen from the station on 8 April 2001, with the FIR lodged only months later. The petitioner also alleged the officer-in-charge demanded illegal gratification for release, which the court did not need to decide. The Patna High Court (Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, J.) rejected the State's sovereign-immunity defence, held the theft occurred on account of the failure, negligence and dereliction of duty of police-station staff, and directed the State to pay Rs 75,000 plus Rs 5,500 costs within eight weeks, with liberty to recover from the erring person. The court observed that withholding two increments for such dereliction was grossly inadequate, while declining to fix individual responsibility. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is on account of the failure, negligence and dereliction of duty of the employees of the State posted in the police station that the theft had taken place.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/737850/heera-lal-yadav-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/); (2003) 09 PAT CK 0042
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Sindhaul Man vs 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': '2003-09-17', '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 75,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2004 (2) PLJR 541', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/737850/heera-lal-yadav-appellant-hash-state-of-bihar-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2003) 09 PAT CK 0042', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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:** Judgment verified; police-station negligence caused loss of seized tractor, Rs 75,000 compensation ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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