# Imphal Man v. State of Manipur and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated February 2019 in Writ Petition (Cril.) No. 2 of 2016, the Manipur High Court (Coram: Ramalingam Sudhakar, Kh. Nobin Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Commando personnel, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal East, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).

- Register number: MN 06 CW 0005
- Case reference: Writ Petition (Cril.) No. 2 of 2016 / (2019) 02 MAN CK 0007
- Court and date: Manipur High Court (Coram: Ramalingam Sudhakar, Kh. Nobin Singh, JJ.), February 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time: Commando personnel, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal East
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court is of the view that a fake encounter took place on 20-03-2008 when the present petitioner's husband was killed by the Manipur Police Commandos.” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
- 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/1010451/thokchom-o-roshini-devi-appellant-hash-state-of-manipur-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2019-0001)

**Record:** CW-2019-0001 (compiler id CWC-0569); case SWFAKEEN-035
**Title:** Imphal Man v. State of Manipur and Others
**Court:** Manipur High Court; judges: Ramalingam Sudhakar; Kh. Nobin Singh
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (Cril.) No. 2 of 2016 / (2019) 02 MAN CK 0007
**Judgment:** 2019-02-13 (2019, month precision)
**Incident date:** 2008-03-20 (2008)
**Place:** Imphal East, Manipur; city town: Imphal; police station or unit: Manipur Police Commando, Imphal East; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Commando personnel, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal East (1 in record)
**Victims:** Imphal man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Manipur High Court held that an Imphal man was picked up from his temporary residence at Nagamapal by Manipur Police Commandos on 20 March 2008 without arrest memo and killed in a fake encounter at Kangla Siphai the same day, and awarded his widow Rs 10 lakh compensation payable by the State within six months through the Court Registry. Police claimed a combined commando-39 Assam Rifles gunfight with KYKL letters recovered; the District Judge (Imphal East) inquiry found no Assam Rifles involvement, disbelieved the police witnesses and found no KYKL nexus, concluding a clear fake encounter. The Court accepted the report, held the deceased an ordinary person, and doubled the usual Rs 5 lakh given the decade-long hardship of the widowed mother of three. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court is of the view that a fake encounter took place on 20-03-2008 when the present petitioner's husband was killed by the Manipur Police Commandos.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1010451/thokchom-o-roshini-devi-appellant-hash-state-of-manipur-and-others-respondent/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/case?caseId=529102700000&title=thokchom-o-roshini-devi-vs-state-of-manipur)
**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 and Others
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['judgment_date', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2019-02-13', '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 1,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2019) 02 MAN CK 0007', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/1010451/thokchom-o-roshini-devi-appellant-hash-state-of-manipur-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/case?caseId=529102700000&title=thokchom-o-roshini-devi-vs-state-of-manipur', '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:** Manipur HC held an Imphal man killed in fake encounter by Police Commandos; Rs 10L compensation via Registry.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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