# Jeypore Man and Another v. State of Odisha and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 November 2021 in Writ Appeal No. 869 of 2021, the Orissa High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, A.K. Mohapatra, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector In-Charge, Jeypore Town Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Jeypore Town Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 30,000.

- Register number: OD 10 CW 0003
- Case reference: Writ Appeal No. 869 of 2021
- Court and date: Orissa High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, A.K. Mohapatra, JJ.), 11 November 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector In-Charge, Jeypore Town Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Jeypore Town Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “That enquiry came up with the finding that Abhijit Mohuria was illegally detained between 29th October and 2nd November, 2016.” (at para 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 30,000.
- 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.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/police-excesses-ohrc-orissa-hc-404065.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0008)

**Record:** CW-2021-0008 (compiler id CWC-0290); case ODISHA-014; aliases: CWC-1435
**Title:** Jeypore Man and Another v. State of Odisha and Others
**Court:** Orissa High Court; judges: S. Muralidhar; A.K. Mohapatra
**Case number / citation:** Writ Appeal No. 869 of 2021
**Judgment:** 2021-11-11 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2016-10-29 (2016)
**Place:** Koraput, Odisha; city town: Jeypore; police station or unit: Jeypore Town Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector In-Charge, Jeypore Town Police Station; Sub-Inspector, Jeypore Town Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Jeypore man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 30,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Orissa High Court records the following account. A Jeypore man @ Abhijit Mohuria was illegally detained at Jeypore Town police station from 29 October to 2 November 2016. After the SP Koraput's report drew a blank, the OHRC's own investigation wing established the detention and recommended (7 September 2021) registration of a regular criminal case, Rs.30,000 State compensation, and recovery from the Inspector In-Charge and Sub-Inspector equally. The officers' writ challenge failed before a Single Judge (29 October 2021). A Division Bench of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice A.K. Mohapatra dismissed their writ appeal, holding victims of police excess cannot be expected to produce records controlled by the police themselves, and calling the compensation amount insubstantial.

> That enquiry came up with the finding that Abhijit Mohuria was illegally detained between 29th October and 2nd November, 2016.

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/police-excesses-ohrc-orissa-hc-404065.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/ability-provide-redress-victims-state-police-excesses-role-human-rights-bodies-significant-orissa-high-court-185551); [livelaw-bennett.refread.com](https://livelaw-bennett.refread.com/pdf_upload/police-excesses-ohrc-orissa-hc-404065.pdf); [indialegallive.com](https://indialegallive.com/constitutional-law-news/courts-news/orissa-high-court-upholds-single-judge-order-not-providing-relief-to-policemen-held-guilty-for-human-rights-violations-by-ohrc/)
**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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Jeypore Man and Another v. State of Odisha 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2021-11-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Orissa High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Orissa High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 30,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Writ Appeal No. 869 of 2021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/police-excesses-ohrc-orissa-hc-404065.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/ability-provide-redress-victims-state-police-excesses-role-human-rights-bodies-significant-orissa-high-court-185551', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://livelaw-bennett.refread.com/pdf_upload/police-excesses-ohrc-orissa-hc-404065.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indialegallive.com/constitutional-law-news/courts-news/orissa-high-court-upholds-single-judge-order-not-providing-relief-to-policemen-held-guilty-for-human-rights-violations-by-ohrc/', '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:** Orissa HC dismissed officers' appeal, sustaining Rs.30,000 for 5-day illegal detention; order text verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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