CW-2012-0011Ranchi, JharkhandJudgment 18 July 2012

Ranchi Woman vs State of Jharkhand & Ors.

The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. The petitioner sought compensation for the custodial death of her 24-year-old son, a Ranchi man @ a Ranchi man, who died after being subjected to brutal physical assault by Jagannathpur police personnel on 27 July 1990. The trial court in Sessions Trial No. 551 of 1993 had previously convicted the accused police officers under Section 304/34 IPC and sentenced them to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. Relying on the coordinate bench decision in Bahlen Balmuchu, the Jharkhand High Court held that the custodial killing was a stark violation of Article 21 and directed the State of Jharkhand to pay Rs. 10,00,000 in compensation to the mother, granting liberty to recover the amount from the guilty police personnel. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 18 July 2012 in W.P.(C) No. 538 of 2007, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Aparesh Kumar Singh, 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 0006
Case reference
W.P.(C) No. 538 of 2007
Court and date
Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Aparesh Kumar Singh, J.), 18 July 2012
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; Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The facts of the present case are more stark and repulsive as the Trial court has convicted the police officials accused of causing death of the petitioner's son [name withheld] and two others and sentenced them to undergo R.I. for …” (at para n/a (order p.7, para beginning 'The facts of the present case are more stark...'))
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.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Jharkhand High Court judgment dated 18 July 2012 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The facts of the present case are more stark and repulsive as the Trial court has convicted the police officials accused of causing death of the petitioner's son [name withheld] and two others and sentenced them to undergo R.I. for …” (para n/a (order p.7, para beginning 'The facts of the present case are more stark...'))

Institutional response

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18 Jul 2012

Order issued

Concluded
Jharkhand High Court External · Binding

The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: W.P.(C) No. 538 of 2007
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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