# Ichagarh Man vs The State of Jharkhand and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 December 2025 in W.P.(PIL) No. 7197 of 2025, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Rajesh Shankar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-Charge), Ichagarh Police Station; Officer-in-Charge, Tiruldih Police Station; Officer-in-Charge, Nimdih Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: JH 22 CW 0005
- Case reference: W.P.(PIL) No. 7197 of 2025
- Court and date: Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Rajesh Shankar, JJ.), 11 December 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-Charge), Ichagarh Police Station; Officer-in-Charge, Tiruldih Police Station; Officer-in-Charge, Nimdih Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This is probably a most unprecedented demonizing behavior on the part of the police perhaps one of the worst crime in a civilized society governed by the rule of law.” (at para 29)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/175992496/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0050)

**Record:** CW-2025-0050 (compiler id CWC-0883); case GAP2-48-006
**Title:** Ichagarh Man vs The State of Jharkhand and Ors.
**Court:** Jharkhand High Court; judges: Tarlok Singh Chauhan; Rajesh Shankar
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(PIL) No. 7197 of 2025
**Judgment:** 2025-12-11 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-11-19 (2025)
**Place:** Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand; city town: Ichagarh; police station or unit: Ichagarh Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-Charge), Ichagarh Police Station; Officer-in-Charge, Tiruldih Police Station; Officer-in-Charge, Nimdih Police Station (4 in record)
**Victims:** Ichagarh man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Treating a wife's letter as a suo motu PIL, the Jharkhand High Court examined the pre-dawn pickup and alleged custodial torture of an Ichagarh man at Ichagarh police station on 19-11-2025. The court described the alleged police conduct as unprecedented, noted CCTV cameras were never installed despite the Supreme Court's mandate, and treated the SP's suspension order as prima facie acknowledgment of lapses by the officers-in-charge of Ichagarh, Tiruldih and Nimdih police stations. Relying on Nilabati Behera, D.K. Basu and Sube Singh, it directed Rs 1,50,000 interim compensation within one week, recoverable from the erring officials, and kept the PIL pending for further orders.

> This is probably a most unprecedented demonizing behavior on the part of the police perhaps one of the worst crime in a civilized society governed by the rule of law.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/175992496/)
**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:** 29
**display title redacted:** Ichagarh Man vs The State of Jharkhand 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-12-11', '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 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P.(PIL) No. 7197 of 2025', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/175992496/', '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:** Suo motu PIL: HC found prima facie custodial torture at Ichagarh PS, ordered Rs 1.5L interim compensation; PIL continues.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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