# Ranchi Police Officer In-Charge and Another v. State of Jharkhand and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 December 2024 in Cont. Case (Civil) No. 387 of 2024, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Deepak Roshan, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Officer In-Charge, Jagarnathpur Police Station, Ranchi; Additional Sub-Inspector, Jagarnathpur Police Station, Ranchi, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: JH 01 CW 0016
- Case reference: Cont. Case (Civil) No. 387 of 2024
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: M.S. Ramachandra Rao, Deepak Roshan, JJ.), 17 December 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Officer In-Charge, Jagarnathpur Police Station, Ranchi; Additional Sub-Inspector, Jagarnathpur Police Station, Ranchi
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 419 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 469 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Opposite Party Nos.2 and 3 are held guilty of contempt of court for willfully disobeying the directions contained in the above decisions and both of them are sentenced to suffer simple imprisonment of one month with fine of Rs.2000/- …” (at para 71)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.083 years. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: Supreme Court of India: appeal pending. Supreme Court of India, 26 September 2025: appeal pending.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/irshadandanrvstateofjharkhandors-1-577958.pdf); [Supreme Court of India order](https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2025/1880/1880_2025_22_30_60669_Order_09-May-2025.pdf); [Supreme Court of India order](https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/cl/2025-09-26/M_R_1.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0023)

**Record:** CW-2024-0023 (compiler id CWC-0607); case SWILLEGA-028; aliases: CWC-1443
**Title:** Ranchi Police Officer In-Charge and Another v. State of Jharkhand and Others
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: M.S. Ramachandra Rao; Deepak Roshan
**Case number / citation:** Cont. Case (Civil) No. 387 of 2024
**Judgment:** 2024-12-17 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2024-02-29 (2024)
**Place:** Ranchi, Jharkhand; city town: Ranchi; police station or unit: Jagarnathpur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 419; IPC 420; IPC 469; IPC 34; CrPC 41; CrPC 41A
**Officers (gated display forms):** Officer In-Charge, Jagarnathpur Police Station, Ranchi; Additional Sub-Inspector, Jagarnathpur Police Station, Ranchi (2 in record)
**Victims:** Ranchi man, age 34; Ranchi man, age 36 (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.083 yrs; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. Instakart/Flipkart officials a Ranchi man and a Ranchi man were arrested on 29-02-2024 in FIR 88/2024 for sub-seven-year offences without any Section 41-A CrPC notice or preliminary inquiry, and kept in custody till bail on 16-03-2024. The Division Bench held the officers in brazen, wilful disobedience of the Supreme Court's Arnesh Kumar and Satender Kumar Antil directions. Both officers were held guilty of contempt and sentenced to one month's simple imprisonment with Rs. 2,000 fine each, the sentence suspended four weeks to approach the Supreme Court. Disciplinary action was ordered within six months of release, costs of Rs. 50,000 each were awarded to the petitioners, and a separate compensation claim was left open.

> The Opposite Party Nos.2 and 3 are held guilty of contempt of court for willfully disobeying the directions contained in the above decisions and both of them are sentenced to suffer simple imprisonment of one month with fine of Rs.2000/- (Rupees Two Thousand).

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/irshadandanrvstateofjharkhandors-1-577958.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jharkhand-high-court/jharkhand-high-court-sentences-police-officials-unlawful-arrest-flipkart-employees-arnesh-kumar-guidelines-ignored-279172); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/jharkhand-high-court-holds-two-cops-guilty-illegal-arrests-flipkart-employees)
**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:** 71
**display title redacted:** Ranchi Police Officer In-Charge and Another 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2024-12-17', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jharkhand High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jharkhand High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Cont. Case (Civil) No. 387 of 2024', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Appeal pending', 'status': 'Pending', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': "An appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\], listing date not recorded); the judgment's findings had not been set aside.", 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Appeal pending', 'source': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2025/1880/1880_2025_22_30_60669_Order_09-May-2025.pdf', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2025-09-26', 'action_type': 'Appeal pending', 'status': 'Pending', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': "As of 26 September 2025, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: \[name withheld\], \[name withheld\]); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.", 'disposition': 'Later proceeding · Appeal pending', 'source': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/cl/2025-09-26/M_R_1.pdf', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**later proceedings:** {'court': 'Supreme Court of India', 'date': None, 'url': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2025/1880/1880_2025_22_30_60669_Order_09-May-2025.pdf', 'outcome': 'pending_appeal'}; {'court': 'Supreme Court of India', 'date': '2025-09-26', 'url': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/cl/2025-09-26/M_R_1.pdf', 'outcome': 'pending_appeal'}
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/irshadandanrvstateofjharkhandors-1-577958.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/jharkhand-high-court/jharkhand-high-court-sentences-police-officials-unlawful-arrest-flipkart-employees-arnesh-kumar-guidelines-ignored-279172', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/jharkhand-high-court-holds-two-cops-guilty-illegal-arrests-flipkart-employees', '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:** Primary judgment verified: both officers convicted of contempt; 1-month SI + fine; costs Rs.1 lakh.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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