CW-2017-0001Gaya, BiharJudgment 11 January 2017

Alipur Man vs The State of Bihar

The Patna High Court held that police officers at Alipur Police Station, Gaya illegally detained accused [name withheld] in police lockup from June 8 to June 13, 2016 without producing him before a magistrate within 24 hours. A departmental inquiry ordered by the High Court and completed by the SSP Gaya confirmed the violation and recommended suspension and departmental proceedings against SHO and IO ASI. The Court ruled that the police violated Article 22(2) of the Constitution and Section 57 of the CrPC, awarding Rs. 50,000 compensation against the State with liberty to recover the sum from the responsible officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 11 January 2017 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 33693 of 2016, the Patna High Court (Coram: Aditya Kumar Trivedi, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Alipur Police Station; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Alipur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

Register number
BR 02 CW 0004
Case reference
Criminal Miscellaneous No. 33693 of 2016
Court and date
Patna High Court (Coram: Aditya Kumar Trivedi, J.), 11 January 2017
Officer(s) at the material time
Sub-Inspector, Alipur Police Station; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Alipur Police Station
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India; Section 57 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Furthermore, though petitioner being an accused was liable to be confined, but such confinement at the end of police officials was not permissible beyond period of 24 hours (excluding time consumed in production before nearest Court), and so, they have …” (at para 18)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Patna High Court judgment dated 11 January 2017 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“Furthermore, though petitioner being an accused was liable to be confined, but such confinement at the end of police officials was not permissible beyond period of 24 hours (excluding time consumed in production before nearest Court), and so, they have …” (para 18)

Institutional response

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11 Jan 2017

Order issued

Concluded
Patna High Court External · Binding

The Patna High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 33693 of 2016
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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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