# Khurai Chairenthong Man v. State of Manipur & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 February 2013 in W.P.(Cril.) No. 25 of 2009, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: T. Nandakumar Singh, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Havildar, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West; Constable, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MN 06 CW 0002
- Case reference: W.P.(Cril.) No. 25 of 2009
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: T. Nandakumar Singh, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.), 7 February 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Havildar, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West; Constable, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, we have come to the finding that a Khurai Chairenthong man @ a Khurai Chairenthong man was shot down by the Manipur Police personnel in the incident on 13.11.2006.” (at para 12)
- 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/j92-2009-25.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0002)

**Record:** CW-2013-0002 (compiler id CWC-0558); case SWFAKEEN-021
**Title:** Khurai Chairenthong Man v. State of Manipur & Ors.
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; bench: Imphal; judges: T. Nandakumar Singh; N. Kotiswar Singh
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(Cril.) No. 25 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2013-02-07 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-11-13 (2006)
**Place:** Imphal East, Manipur; city town: Khurai Chairenthong; police station or unit: Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Havildar, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West; Constable, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West (2 in record)
**Victims:** Khurai Chairenthong man, age 26 (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 13 November 2006, hours after his release from Central Jail Sajiwa, 26-year-old a Khurai Chairenthong man @ a Khurai Chairenthong man was dragged from a Maruti van near N.G. Mani College while returning home with friends, and shot dead by Manipur Police Commandos at Khurai Chairenthong. Havildar then lodged a false report claiming the youth attacked police during frisking. Accepting the District Judge (Manipur East) inquiry, the Court found a Khurai Chairenthong man was shot down by Manipur Police personnel and awarded Rs 5,00,000 public-law compensation plus Rs 5,000 costs, preserving civil and criminal remedies. Decided by the Gauhati High Court (Imphal Bench), before the Manipur High Court was established in March 2013. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Therefore, we have come to the finding that a Khurai Chairenthong man @ a Khurai Chairenthong man was shot down by the Manipur Police personnel in the incident on 13.11.2006.

**Sources (1):** [hcmimphal.nic.in](https://hcmimphal.nic.in/hcmjudgement/Judgement/uploads/j92-2009-25.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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Khurai Chairenthong 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': '2013-02-07', '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. 25 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://hcmimphal.nic.in/hcmjudgement/Judgement/uploads/j92-2009-25.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:** Youth dragged from van and shot after jail release; false case exposed, Rs 5L.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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