# Munger Man vs The State of Bihar and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 April 2021 in Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 68 of 2021, the Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Superintendent of Police, Munger; Various, Munger Police (immersion duty), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).

- Register number: BR 08 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 68 of 2021 / AIRONLINE 2021 PAT 267
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.), 7 April 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police, Munger; Various, Munger Police (immersion duty)
- 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
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the present case, there is no allegation that the petitioner's son was involved in any act of violence. Thus, in the light of the aforementioned discussions, this Court directs the State respondents to pay a sum of Rs.10 laks …” (at para n/a)
- 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.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/patna-hc-compensation-in-munger-durga-pooja-firing-incident-state-bound-to-protect-citizens-lives-391627.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0015)

**Record:** CW-2021-0015 (compiler id CWC-0885); case GAP2-48-008
**Title:** Munger Man vs The State of Bihar and Ors.
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 68 of 2021 / AIRONLINE 2021 PAT 267
**Judgment:** 2021-04-07 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2020-10-26 (2020)
**Place:** Munger, Bihar; city town: Munger; police station or unit: Munger Police (Durga immersion duty), Kotwali P.S. area; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police, Munger; Various, Munger Police (immersion duty) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Munger man, age 18 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Patna High Court awarded Rs 10,00,000 compensation to the father of 18-year-old a Munger man, an unarmed bystander killed in police firing on a Durga idol immersion procession at Munger on 26-10-2020. The court held the State strictly liable for safeguarding life, noting the petitioner's son was uninvolved in any violence and the probe had languished with the alleged firing arms never examined. It continued court-monitored CID investigation and left private-law remedies open; the Supreme Court dismissed the State's SLP on 04-06-2021, making the award final. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the present case, there is no allegation that the petitioner's son was involved in any act of violence. Thus, in the light of the aforementioned discussions, this Court directs the State respondents to pay a sum of Rs.10 laks towards compensation to the petitioner who being the father of the deceased has remained in mental pains and sufferings and has to further remain in mental pain as also deprivation in his life on several counts because of the death of his young son.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/patna-hc-compensation-in-munger-durga-pooja-firing-incident-state-bound-to-protect-citizens-lives-391627.pdf); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/40421264/); [livelaw-cnlu.refread.com](https://livelaw-cnlu.refread.com/pdf_upload/munger-firing-incident-supreme-court-upholds-patna-hc-order-granting-10l-compensation-to-bereaved-family-pending-investigation-394531.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**allegations:** {'category': 'Protest policing', '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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Munger Man vs The State of Bihar and 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2021-04-07', '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 1,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIRONLINE 2021 PAT 267', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/patna-hc-compensation-in-munger-durga-pooja-firing-incident-state-bound-to-protect-citizens-lives-391627.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/40421264/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://livelaw-cnlu.refread.com/pdf_upload/munger-firing-incident-supreme-court-upholds-patna-hc-order-granting-10l-compensation-to-bereaved-family-pending-investigation-394531.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** HC awarded Rs 10L for 18-year-old bystander killed in Munger police firing on immersion procession; SLP dismissed 04-06-2021.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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