# Danapur Man v. State of Bihar & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 March 2006 in CWJC No. 2148 of 2001, the Patna High Court (Coram: Barin Ghosh, J.) returned findings adverse to the Investigating Officer, Bihar Police, Danapur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: BR 01 CW 0004
- Case reference: CWJC No. 2148 of 2001 / (2006) 3 PLJR 336
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Barin Ghosh, J.), 31 March 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Investigating Officer, Bihar Police, Danapur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The post mortem report depicts marks of injuries, which if inflicted upon a living soul, may cause his death. Such death will be homicidal in nature.” (at para 1)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/764692/rama-awtar-swarnkar-ram-awtar-pd-swarankar-appellant-hash-the-state-of-bihar-and-others-responde/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0004)

**Record:** CW-2006-0004 (compiler id CWC-0460); case SWCUSTOD-034
**Title:** Danapur Man v. State of Bihar & Ors.
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Barin Ghosh
**Case number / citation:** CWJC No. 2148 of 2001 / (2006) 3 PLJR 336
**Judgment:** 2006-03-31 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1998-06-01 (1998)
**Place:** Patna, Bihar; city town: Danapur; police station or unit: Danapur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Investigating Officer, Bihar Police, Danapur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Danapur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Patna High Court held the State liable for the homicidal custodial death of a Danapur man, whose injured dead body came out of police custody in June 1998 after he was kept overnight at Danapur and then remanded to jail. The Court found the post-mortem showed injuries that would cause homicidal death, and that the Investigating Officer deliberately delayed forwarding viscera to the FSL by 18 months so the cause of death could never be known, while superiors stood by silently. It assessed Rs 5 lakh nominal damages payable within three months. The State was directed to recover the sum from the person or persons at fault. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The post mortem report depicts marks of injuries, which if inflicted upon a living soul, may cause his death. Such death will be homicidal in nature.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/764692/rama-awtar-swarnkar-ram-awtar-pd-swarankar-appellant-hash-the-state-of-bihar-and-others-responde/)
**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:** 1
**display title redacted:** Danapur Man v. State of Bihar & 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2006-03-31', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2006) 3 PLJR 336', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/764692/rama-awtar-swarnkar-ram-awtar-pd-swarankar-appellant-hash-the-state-of-bihar-and-others-responde/', '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:** HC awarded Rs 5L nominal damages with recovery from officers at fault.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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