# Ranchi Man v. State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 June 2023 in W.P.(Cr.) No. 226 of 2014, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Officer-in-Charge, Chutia Police Station, Ranchi; Officer-in-Charge, Bundu Police Station, Ranchi; Investigating Officer, Ranchi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: JH 01 CW 0013
- Case reference: W.P.(Cr.) No. 226 of 2014 / 2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 17
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.), 21 June 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Officer-in-Charge, Chutia Police Station, Ranchi; Officer-in-Charge, Bundu Police Station, Ranchi; Investigating Officer, Ranchi Police
- 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 376D of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the case in hand, admittedly, the petitioner was illegally arrested and thereafter he has been discharged on the submission of final form by the police, accordingly, the case of compensation is made out.” (at para 19)
- 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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/5-lakhs-compensation-478422.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0015)

**Record:** CW-2023-0015 (compiler id CWC-0761); case SWILLEGA-013; aliases: CWC-0178; CWC-0586; CWC-0659
**Title:** Ranchi Man v. State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(Cr.) No. 226 of 2014 / 2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 17
**Judgment:** 2023-06-21 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2014-02-14 (2014)
**Place:** Ranchi, Jharkhand; city town: Ranchi; police station or unit: Chutia Police Station / Bundu Police Station, Ranchi; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226; IPC 376D; IPC 302; IPC 201; IPC 34; CrPC s.164
**Officers (gated display forms):** Officer-in-Charge, Chutia Police Station, Ranchi; Officer-in-Charge, Bundu Police Station, Ranchi; Investigating Officer, Ranchi Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Ranchi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Jharkhand High Court held that student a Ranchi man was falsely implicated in a murder, gang-rape and burning case after a burnt female body near NH-33 was wrongly identified as the survivor, and remained in custody from 14 February to 27 July 2014 on a confessional statement alone. the survivor was later found alive and gave a Section 164 statement, following which police filed a final form recording mistake of fact and the petitioner was discharged. The Court noted the DGP had suspended three officers including the Investigating Officer and both Officers-in-Charge and ordered a CID probe and departmental proceedings. Holding the entire prosecution malicious and the Article 21 violation admitted, the Court awarded Rs 5,00,000 public-law compensation, open to recovery from the erring officers' salaries. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the case in hand, admittedly, the petitioner was illegally arrested and thereafter he has been discharged on the submission of final form by the police, accordingly, the case of compensation is made out.

**Sources (6):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/5-lakhs-compensation-478422.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jharkhand-high-court/jharkhand-high-court-compensation-wrongful-detention-police-misconduct-231359); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/ajit-kumar-v-state-of-jharkhandwatermark-1515355.pdf); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/jharkhand-high-court-directs-state-pay-compensation-5-lakh-man-illegally-detained-police-in-false-case); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/five-lakh-compensation-to-man-illegally-detained-for-four-months-1482368); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/06/27/jharkhand-high-court-directs-compensation-illegal-detention-by-police/)
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Ranchi Man v. State of Jharkhand 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': '2023-06-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 17', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/5-lakhs-compensation-478422.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jharkhand-high-court/jharkhand-high-court-compensation-wrongful-detention-police-misconduct-231359', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/ajit-kumar-v-state-of-jharkhandwatermark-1515355.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/jharkhand-high-court-directs-state-pay-compensation-5-lakh-man-illegally-detained-police-in-false-case', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/five-lakh-compensation-to-man-illegally-detained-for-four-months-1482368', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/06/27/jharkhand-high-court-directs-compensation-illegal-detention-by-police/', '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:** Jharkhand HC held student a Ranchi man falsely implicated in murder/gang-rape case with ~4 months' illegal detention, awarding Rs 5,00,000 compensation recoverable from erring officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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