# Alipur Man vs The State of Bihar

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/134093468/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0001)

**Record:** CW-2017-0001 (compiler id CWC-0038); case BIHAR1-001
**Title:** Alipur Man vs The State of Bihar
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Aditya Kumar Trivedi
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Miscellaneous No. 33693 of 2016
**Judgment:** 2017-01-11 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2016-06-08 (2016)
**Place:** Gaya, Bihar; city town: Alipur; police station or unit: Alipur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 22(2); CrPC s.57
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Alipur Police Station; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Alipur Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Alipur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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 had illegally encroached upon fundamental right of the petitioner whereupon, petitioner is entitled to get compensation and is accordingly awarded.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/134093468/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Alipur Man vs The State of Bihar
**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': '2017-01-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Miscellaneous No. 33693 of 2016', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/134093468/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** Patna HC awarded Rs. 50,000 compensation for illegal police lockup detention beyond 24 hours in violation of Art. 22.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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