# Gaya Man @ \[name withheld\] vs State of Bihar through Principal Secretary (Home)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 November 2025 in CR. WJC No. 2761 of 2025, the Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, Sourendra Pandey, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Jail Superintendent, Central Jail, Gaya; Deputy Jailor, Central Jail, Gaya; Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: BR 02 CW 0008
- Case reference: CR. WJC No. 2761 of 2025
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, Sourendra Pandey, JJ.), 13 November 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Jail Superintendent, Central Jail, Gaya; Deputy Jailor, Central Jail, Gaya; Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 Constitution of India of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court has no iota of doubt that in this case, the life and liberty of the petitioner has been curtailed to a great extent by keeping him in confinement for 18 days without any authorized detention order from a …” (at para Paragraph 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/189081861/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0067)

**Record:** CW-2025-0067 (compiler id CWC-1355); case cop-br-hc-3
**Title:** Gaya Man @ \[name withheld\] vs State of Bihar through Principal Secretary (Home)
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad; Sourendra Pandey
**Case number / citation:** CR. WJC No. 2761 of 2025
**Judgment:** 2025-11-13 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-09-29 (2025)
**Place:** Gaya, Bihar; police station or unit: Central Jail, Gaya; Sarbahda Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Article 21 Constitution of India
**Officers (gated display forms):** Jail Superintendent, Central Jail, Gaya; Deputy Jailor, Central Jail, Gaya; Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya (3 in record)
**Victims:** Gaya 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 awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation to \[name withheld\] for illegal detention of 5-18 days after his bail release on 29 September 2025. The Jail Superintendent kept him confined without any authorized detention order after a production warrant had expired. The IG Prisons admitted 'illegal detention for at least five days'. The Court held the detention violated Article 21, directed recovery of compensation from the erring official, and ordered the IG Prisons to issue state-wide guidelines to all Jail Superintendents within two weeks.

> This Court has no iota of doubt that in this case, the life and liberty of the petitioner has been curtailed to a great extent by keeping him in confinement for 18 days without any authorized detention order from a competent court of law. This Court is further disturbed from the fact that perhaps the same thing is happening as a matter of practice in the State of Bihar.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/189081861/); [sabrangindia.in](https://www.sabrangindia.in/six-days-behind-bars-after-bail-patna-high-court-orders-%E2%82%B92-lakh-relief-flags-state-wide-pattern-of-illegal-detention)
**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:** Paragraph 5
**display title redacted:** Gaya Man @ \[name withheld\] vs State of Bihar through Principal Secretary (Home)
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-11-13', '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.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': 'CR. WJC No. 2761 of 2025', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/189081861/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.sabrangindia.in/six-days-behind-bars-after-bail-patna-high-court-orders-%E2%82%B92-lakh-relief-flags-state-wide-pattern-of-illegal-detention', '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:** Verified against the cited judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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