# Heirangoithong Man & Anr. v. State of Manipur & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 September 2014 in W.P.(Cril.) No. 18 of 2009, the Manipur High Court (Coram: L.K. Mohapatra, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Manipur Police Commando (joint operation with 32 Assam Rifles); Subedar, Manipur Police Commando, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MN 01 CW 0007
- Case reference: W.P.(Cril.) No. 18 of 2009
- Court and date: Manipur High Court (Coram: L.K. Mohapatra, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.), 5 September 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Manipur Police Commando (joint operation with 32 Assam Rifles); Subedar, Manipur Police Commando
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Relying on the above evidence of the witness corroborated by the affidavit of PW No. 4, learned District & Sessions Judge has rendered the above finding. We, therefore, find no justification to differ with the finding arrived at by the …” (at para 4)
- 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/j92-2009-18.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0005)

**Record:** CW-2014-0005 (compiler id CWC-0266); case NORTHE-007; aliases: CWC-0639
**Title:** Heirangoithong Man & Anr. v. State of Manipur & Ors.
**Court:** Manipur High Court; judges: L.K. Mohapatra; N. Kotiswar Singh
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(Cril.) No. 18 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2014-09-05 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-12-23 (2008)
**Place:** Imphal West, Manipur; city town: Heirangoithong (killing at Heinoupok-Sadokpam road); police station or unit: Imphal West Commando, Manipur Police, with 32 Assam Rifles (joint operation); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Manipur Police Commando (joint operation with 32 Assam Rifles); Subedar, Manipur Police Commando (0 in record)
**Victims:** Heirangoithong man, age 38 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

On 23 December 2008, a Heirangoithong man, a 38-year-old unmarried Grade-IV High Court employee, was dragged from a tea shop at Heirangoithong and shot dead on the Heinoupok-Sadokpam road by a joint team of Manipur Police Commandos and 32 Assam Rifles, who branded him a PREPAK cadre with a planted pistol and grenade lever. The High Court accepted the District & Sessions Judge (Manipur East) inquiry finding, based on eyewitness evidence, that the official encounter version was false. It allowed the brothers' writ petition and awarded Rs 5,00,000 compensation, shared equally by the State and 32 Assam Rifles. Note: the court-site PDF link was unreachable at verification; the text was verified on the mirror. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Relying on the above evidence of the witness corroborated by the affidavit of PW No. 4, learned District & Sessions Judge has rendered the above finding. We, therefore, find no justification to differ with the finding arrived at by the learned District & Sessions Judge, Manipur.

**Sources (4):** [hcmimphal.nic.in](https://hcmimphal.nic.in/hcmjudgement/Judgement/uploads/j92-2009-18.pdf); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/86008/ningombam-brojen-singh-vs-state-of-manipur/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/86008/ningombam-brojen-singh-vs-the-state-of-manipur/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47609784/)
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** Heirangoithong Man & Anr. 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': '2014-09-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Manipur High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Manipur 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. 18 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://hcmimphal.nic.in/hcmjudgement/Judgement/uploads/j92-2009-18.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/86008/ningombam-brojen-singh-vs-state-of-manipur/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/86008/ningombam-brojen-singh-vs-the-state-of-manipur/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47609784/', '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:** Joint commando-AR team held to have killed civilian in fake encounter; Rs 5L shared.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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