# Bajitpur Man and Anr. vs The State of Bihar and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 12 February 2024 in Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 455 of 2017, the Patna High Court (Coram: Bibek Chaudhuri, J.) returned findings adverse to the Investigating Officer, Chiksaura Police Station, Nalanda, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: BR 21 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 455 of 2017
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Bibek Chaudhuri, J.), 12 February 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Investigating Officer, Chiksaura Police Station, Nalanda
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “At the same time, this Court is of the view that the Investigating Officer committed a substantial error by arresting the petitioner no.1 after he was released on bail bond without recalling the bond through a Magestrial order. For such …” (at para 24)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/133235252/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0031)

**Record:** CW-2024-0031 (compiler id CWC-0884); case GAP2-48-007
**Title:** Bajitpur Man and Anr. vs The State of Bihar and Ors.
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Bibek Chaudhuri
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 455 of 2017
**Judgment:** 2024-02-12 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2017-02-07 (2017)
**Place:** Nalanda, Bihar; city town: Bajitpur; police station or unit: Chiksaura Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.41; CrPC s.41A; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Investigating Officer, Chiksaura Police Station, Nalanda (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bajitpur 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 that the investigating officer of Chiksaura police station illegally rearrested a Bajitpur man after Section 41-A CrPC protection, without recalling the bail bond through a magisterial order and without filing the Section 41 checklist or recording arrest grounds. The court held this violated the petitioner's fundamental right under Article 21, while merely cautioning the magistrate who had passed the remand order in haste. It directed the State to pay Rs 2,00,000 compensation within 60 days, recoverable from the salary (or pension) of the erring officer. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> At the same time, this Court is of the view that the Investigating Officer committed a substantial error by arresting the petitioner no.1 after he was released on bail bond without recalling the bond through a Magestrial order. For such wrong, petitioner's valuable fundamental right was violated.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/133235252/)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** Bajitpur Man and Anr. vs The State of Bihar and Ors.
**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': '2024-02-12', '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. 455 of 2017', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/133235252/', '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:** HC held rearrest after s.41-A protection without checklist violated Art.21; Rs 2L compensation recoverable from IO's salary.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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