# New Tairenpokpi Man v. State of Manipur & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 August 2011 in W.P.(Cril.) No. 71 of 2009, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: T. Nandakumar Singh, Mutum Binoykumar Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MN 01 CW 0005
- Case reference: W.P.(Cril.) No. 71 of 2009
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: T. Nandakumar Singh, Mutum Binoykumar Singh, JJ.), 25 August 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Imphal West Police Commando with 16 Assam Rifles (combined force; FIR No. 16(3)09, Lamshang PS))
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, on careful perusal of the statements of PWs before the learned Addl District & Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court, Imphal East) and also the annexures in the present writ petition, it appears that the case of …” (at para 16)
- 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://hcmimphal.nic.in/hcmjudgement/Judgement/uploads/j92-2009-71.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0016)

**Record:** CW-2011-0016 (compiler id CWC-0560); case SWFAKEEN-023
**Title:** New Tairenpokpi Man v. State of Manipur & Ors.
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; bench: Imphal; judges: T. Nandakumar Singh; Mutum Binoykumar Singh
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(Cril.) No. 71 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2011-08-25 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-03-24 (2009)
**Place:** Imphal West, Manipur; city town: New Tairenpokpi; police station or unit: Imphal West Police Commando with 16 Assam Rifles (combined force; FIR No. 16(3)09, Lamshang PS); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** New Tairenpokpi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. On 24 March 2009, civilian construction labourer and tutor a New Tairenpokpi man was picked up by plainclothes personnel of the combined Imphal West Police Commando and 16 Assam Rifles force while on his way to a Youth, and was shot dead the same evening at New Tairenpokpi; a false KYKL-encounter case was registered at Lamshang PS. The Addl. District Judge inquiry found no evidence he was a KYKL member and rejected the encounter version. The Court held the petitioner's case more trustworthy, found an established Article 21 violation, and awarded Rs 5,00,000 exemplary damages shared equally by the State and the Union/AR plus Rs 6,000 costs, preserving criminal remedies. Decided by the Gauhati High Court (Imphal Bench). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case, on careful perusal of the statements of PWs before the learned Addl District & Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court, Imphal East) and also the annexures in the present writ petition, it appears that the case of the petitioner is convincing and more trustworthy than that of the respondents.

**Sources (1):** [hcmimphal.nic.in](https://hcmimphal.nic.in/hcmjudgement/Judgement/uploads/j92-2009-71.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**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:** 16
**display title redacted:** New Tairenpokpi Man v. State of Manipur & 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': '2011-08-25', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gauhati High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(Cril.) No. 71 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://hcmimphal.nic.in/hcmjudgement/Judgement/uploads/j92-2009-71.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**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:** Civilian tutor picked up and killed by combined force; false KYKL case, Rs 5L.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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