# Parsa Man vs The State Of Bihar, Through The Director General Of Police & Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 December 2020 in Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 333 of 2020, the Patna High Court (Coram: Sanjay Karol, S. Kumar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, Parsa Police Station; Police Officers, Dariapur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: BR 04 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 333 of 2020 / AIRONLINE 2020 PAT 901
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Sanjay Karol, S. Kumar, JJ.), 22 December 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, Parsa Police Station; Police Officers, Dariapur Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 56 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The State of Bihar shall pay compensation to the detenue, namely, Mr. A Parsa man @ a Parsa man, an amount of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five lac) for the violation of his fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution of …” (at para 63)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/51306147/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2020-0013)

**Record:** CW-2020-0013 (compiler id CWC-0042); case SWILLEGA-026; aliases: CWC-1453
**Title:** Parsa Man vs The State Of Bihar, Through The Director General Of Police & Ors
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Sanjay Karol; S. Kumar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 333 of 2020 / AIRONLINE 2020 PAT 901
**Judgment:** 2020-12-22 (2020, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2020-04-29 (2020)
**Place:** Saran, Bihar; city town: Parsa; police station or unit: Parsa Police Station / Dariapur 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. 226; CrPC s.56; CrPC s.154
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, Parsa Police Station; Police Officers, Dariapur Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Parsa man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Patna High Court held that milk-van driver \[name withheld\] and his vehicle were illegally detained by Saran district police from April 29 to May 15, 2020 without registration of an FIR, which was lodged only after a habeas corpus petition was filed. The Court rejected the police's concocted explanation regarding an untraceable injured pedestrian as an afterthought to justify prolonged unauthorized detention. Finding a grave violation of Article 21 and statutory detention safeguards, the Court awarded Rs. 5,00,000 in compensation to the driver payable by the State of Bihar and directed the Director General of Police to initiate criminal proceedings and conclude disciplinary actions against the erring police officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The State of Bihar shall pay compensation to the detenue, namely, Mr. A Parsa man @ a Parsa man, an amount of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five lac) for the violation of his fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

**Sources (4):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51306147/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-386294.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/patna-high-court-5-lakh-compensation-truck-drivers-police-excess-illegal-detention-fundamental-rights-article-21-167568); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/patna-high-court-rs-5-lakhs-compensation-for-truck-driver-illegal-detention)
**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:** 63
**display title redacted:** Parsa Man vs The State Of Bihar, Through The Director General Of Police & 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2020-12-22', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2020 PAT 901', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51306147/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-386294.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/patna-high-court-5-lakh-compensation-truck-drivers-police-excess-illegal-detention-fundamental-rights-article-21-167568', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/patna-high-court-rs-5-lakhs-compensation-for-truck-driver-illegal-detention', '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 found illegal detention of milk van driver and vehicle, ordered Rs. 5,00,000 compensation and criminal/disciplinary proceedings against police.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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