# Imphal Man v. State of Manipur

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 September 2014 in W.P.(C) No. 446 of 2008, the Manipur High Court (Coram: Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MN 01 CW 0010
- Case reference: W.P.(C) No. 446 of 2008 / (2014) 09 MAN CK 0020
- Court and date: Manipur High Court (Coram: Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.), 15 September 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, 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): “This evidence clearly shows that there was no encounter between the deceased and the commandos.” (at para 7)
- 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/86128/longjam-shanti-singh-vs-the-statement-of-manipur/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0008)

**Record:** CW-2014-0008 (compiler id CWC-0265); case NORTHE-006; aliases: CWC-1438
**Title:** Imphal Man v. State of Manipur
**Court:** Manipur High Court; judges: Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra; N. Kotiswar Singh
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) No. 446 of 2008 / (2014) 09 MAN CK 0020
**Judgment:** 2014-09-15 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-03-29 (2008)
**Place:** Imphal West, Manipur; city town: Imphal; police station or unit: Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West (OC Imphal Police Station present); 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, Imphal West (1 in record)
**Victims:** Imphal man, age 34 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Division Bench of the Manipur High Court held that an Imphal man, a 34-year-old sales executive, was killed in cold blood by Manipur Police Commando personnel at his residence at Keishamthong on 29 March 2008 and not in an encounter, accepting the District Judge's enquiry report. The police version of an exchange of fire was inconsistent with the evidence, which showed he was shot after falling and a pistol planted beside his hand while another commando fired in the air to scare the family. Finding a fake encounter by State police with no encounter between the deceased and the commandos, the court awarded Rs 5,00,000 compensation payable within four months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This evidence clearly shows that there was no encounter between the deceased and the commandos.

**Sources (4):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/86128/longjam-shanti-singh-vs-the-statement-of-manipur/); [humanrights.asia](http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-073-2008/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/86128/longjam-shanti-singh-appellant-hash-the-statement-of-manipur-respondent/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56ea8c9c607dba38d0b072e2)
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Imphal Man v. State of Manipur
**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': '2014-09-15', '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': '(2014) 09 MAN CK 0020', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/86128/longjam-shanti-singh-vs-the-statement-of-manipur/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-073-2008/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/86128/longjam-shanti-singh-appellant-hash-the-statement-of-manipur-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56ea8c9c607dba38d0b072e2', '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:** Planted-pistol fake encounter at home; Rs 5 lakh DB award verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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