# Ranchi Man vs Union of India through Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sub Zone, Ranchi

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 September 2023 in W.P.(Cr.) No. 623 of 2023, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) returned findings adverse to 7 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 8 lakh (Rs 8,00,000).

- Register number: JH 01 CW 0014
- Case reference: W.P.(Cr.) No. 623 of 2023 / 2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 40
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.), 6 September 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 8/18(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Section 58 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Section 321 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the above facts and the submissions of the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the parties, it appears that the petitioner has falsely been made accused in the instant case which was found to be false by …” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 8 lakh (Rs 8,00,000).
- 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.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/displayphp-5-1540383.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0052)

**Record:** CW-2023-0052 (compiler id CWC-1052); case GAP3-107-001
**Title:** Ranchi Man vs Union of India through Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sub Zone, Ranchi
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(Cr.) No. 623 of 2023 / 2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 40
**Judgment:** 2023-09-06 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2015-10-06 (2015)
**Place:** Ranchi, Jharkhand; city town: Ranchi; police station or unit: NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** NDPS Act 1985 s.8/18(b); NDPS Act 1985 s.58; CrPC s.321; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi; Police personnel, NCB Sub Zone, Ranchi (7 in record)
**Victims:** Ranchi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 8 lakh (Rs 8,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Jharkhand High Court found that a Ranchi man, a dhaba waiter arrested at Barachatti (Gaya, \[name withheld\]) on 6 October 2015, spent about eight years in jail for a crime he did not commit after NCB officials falsely implicated him in an NDPS case. The court noted the NCB itself had twice sought withdrawal of the prosecution under s.321 CrPC, conceding the false implication, and that eight NCB officials had been charge-sheeted under s.58 of the NDPS Act. It quashed the FIR, cognizance order and trial proceedings, ordered the petitioner's forthwith release, and awarded Rs 8 lakh compensation payable through the ADG, NCB Sub Zone Ranchi, recoverable from the erring officials if found guilty. The court held the illegal confinement violated Article 21 and was a proved case of atrocity. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of the above facts and the submissions of the learned counsels appearing on behalf of the parties, it appears that the petitioner has falsely been made accused in the instant case which was found to be false by none other than the agency which has implicated the petitioner.

**Sources (4):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/displayphp-5-1540383.pdf); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/64ff8dc7f6fa7f68ca4a3b7f); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/ncb-directed-to-pay-8-lakhs-compensation-to-wrongful-detainee-jharkhand-high-court-orders-immediate-release-1493932); [lawtrend.in](https://lawtrend.in/jharkhand-hc-fines-ncb-for-putting-man-behind-bars-in-false-case/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Ranchi Man vs Union of India through Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sub Zone, Ranchi
**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': '2023-09-06', '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 800,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2023 LiveLaw (Jha) 40', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/displayphp-5-1540383.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/64ff8dc7f6fa7f68ca4a3b7f', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/ncb-directed-to-pay-8-lakhs-compensation-to-wrongful-detainee-jharkhand-high-court-orders-immediate-release-1493932', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawtrend.in/jharkhand-hc-fines-ncb-for-putting-man-behind-bars-in-false-case/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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:** Judgment verified; HC quashed false NDPS case and ordered Rs 8L compensation; NCB is a central agency exercising police powers under the NDPS Act (force coded central_armed as closest value).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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