# Garu Man v. State of Jharkhand

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 August 2023, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: JH 19 CW 0003
- Case reference: 2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 29
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.), 14 August 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Garu Police Station area)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of Annexure-D, it is an admitted fact that Bramhadeo Singh died due to bullet injury caused by the police. The FIR has already been registered against the erring police officials and the case has been closed saying the …” (at para 10)
- 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/144029226/ or the LiveLaw judgment PDF https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/jiramani-final-judgment-487985.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0048)

**Record:** CW-2023-0048 (compiler id CWC-1317); case SWDISPRO-022
**Title:** Garu Man v. State of Jharkhand
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
**Case number / citation:** 2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 29
**Judgment:** 2023-08-14 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2021-06-12 (2021)
**Place:** Latehar, Jharkhand; city town: Garu; police station or unit: Garu Police Station area; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 304
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Garu 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 it established and admitted that tribal villager a Garu man died of police firing during a 12 June 2021 hunting expedition near Piri village, Latehar, where security personnel allegedly fired without warning, shot him again across the river and falsely implicated villagers. Finding the CID closure of the case against named police officials lacking in bona fide and at least section 304 IPC applicable, the Court set it aside and ordered a de novo investigation by a fresh untainted team. It awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation to widow \[name withheld\] while declining a CBI probe. Individual culpability awaits the fresh investigation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of Annexure-D, it is an admitted fact that Bramhadeo Singh died due to bullet injury caused by the police. The FIR has already been registered against the erring police officials and the case has been closed saying the mistake of facts and in view of the admitted position, at least Section 304 IPC is made out, however, the CID has chosen to come to the conclusion to give a clean chit to the erring police officials.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144029226/ or the LiveLaw judgment PDF https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/jiramani-final-judgment-487985.pdf); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/jharkhand-high-court-orders-fresh-probe-police-killing-tribal-youth-orders-5-lakh-compensation-wife)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**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:** 10
**display title redacted:** Garu Man v. State of Jharkhand
**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': \['primary_source_url'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-08-14', '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) 29', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/144029226/ or the LiveLaw judgment PDF https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/jiramani-final-judgment-487985.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/jharkhand-high-court-orders-fresh-probe-police-killing-tribal-youth-orders-5-lakh-compensation-wife', '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:** Jharkhand HC set aside closure, ordered de novo probe and Rs 5L; at least s.304 made out; CBI declined.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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