# Siwan Man v. The State of Bihar and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 April 2024 in Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2525 of 2017, the Patna High Court (Coram: Bibek Chaudhuri, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Officer-in-Charge, Muffasil Police Station, Siwan; Officer-in-Charge, Town Police Station, Siwan, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: BR 29 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2525 of 2017
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Bibek Chaudhuri, J.), 23 April 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Officer-in-Charge, Muffasil Police Station, Siwan; Officer-in-Charge, Town Police Station, Siwan
- 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 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872; Section 167(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus, applying the provision of Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, this Court comes to the conclusion that the Officer-in-charge, lock up in-charge and all other police officers and personnel who were on duty on 4th of July, 2017 …” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/dinesh-kumar-singh-v-the-state-of-bihar-ors-1612466.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0006)

**Record:** CW-2024-0006 (compiler id CWC-0750); case SWCUSTOD-004; aliases: CWC-0040
**Title:** Siwan Man v. The State of Bihar and Others
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Bibek Chaudhuri
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2525 of 2017
**Judgment:** 2024-04-23 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2017-07-04 (2017)
**Place:** Siwan, Bihar; city town: Siwan; police station or unit: Siwan Muffasil Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 226; Indian Evidence Act 1872 s.106; CrPC s.167(5)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Officer-in-Charge, Muffasil Police Station, Siwan; Officer-in-Charge, Town Police Station, Siwan (4 in record)
**Victims:** Siwan man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Patna High Court held the Officer-in-Charge, lock-up in-charge and all personnel on duty at Siwan Muffasil Police Station lock-up on 4 July 2017 responsible for explaining how a Siwan man was assaulted with lathis in custody, failing which they are liable to be prosecuted. A Siwan man had been arrested on 4 July 2017 and produced before the magistrate only on 8 July 2017, after being beaten, kicked and punched in the lock-up. Applying Section 106 of the Evidence Act, the Court held the custodial facts were within the special knowledge of the police. The Court directed the Police Department to pay Rs 2,00,000 compensation to the victim and ordered the Superintendent of Police, Siwan, to lodge a criminal complaint against the implicated personnel. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Thus, applying the provision of Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, this Court comes to the conclusion that the Officer-in-charge, lock up in-charge and all other police officers and personnel who were on duty on 4th of July, 2017 from 2 P.M to 5 P.M. are responsible to state how and by whom the son of the petitioner was assaulted in the police lock up of Siwan Muffasil Police Station.

**Sources (5):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/dinesh-kumar-singh-v-the-state-of-bihar-ors-1612466.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/dinesh-kumar-singh-v-the-state-of-bihar-ors-criminal-writ-jurisdiction-case-no2525-of-2017-patna-high-court-1532711); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2024/04/29/pathc-orders-department-of-police-to-pay-rs2lakh-compensation-to-man-subjected-to-custodial-violence-police-atrocity-legal-news/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/149912002/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/patna-high-court/patna-high-court-2lakh-compensation-severe-torture-assault-police-custody-violence-256269)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 16
**display title redacted:** Siwan Man v. The State of Bihar 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': '2024-04-23', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 2525 of 2017', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/dinesh-kumar-singh-v-the-state-of-bihar-ors-1612466.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/dinesh-kumar-singh-v-the-state-of-bihar-ors-criminal-writ-jurisdiction-case-no2525-of-2017-patna-high-court-1532711', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2024/04/29/pathc-orders-department-of-police-to-pay-rs2lakh-compensation-to-man-subjected-to-custodial-violence-police-atrocity-legal-news/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/149912002/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/patna-high-court/patna-high-court-2lakh-compensation-severe-torture-assault-police-custody-violence-256269', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** Patna HC held Siwan Muffasil PS lock-up personnel responsible for custodial assault on a Siwan man, awarding Rs 2,00,000 compensation and directing SP Siwan to lodge a criminal complaint.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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