# Puraini Boy vs The State Of Bihar

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 January 2026 in Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 3077 of 2025, the Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, Ritesh Kumar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Puraini Police Station, Madhepura; Inspector, Madhepura, Bihar Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: BR 43 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 3077 of 2025 / 2026 (1) PLJR 611
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, Ritesh Kumar, JJ.), 9 January 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Puraini Police Station, Madhepura; Inspector, Madhepura, Bihar Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the entire facts and circumstances and the materials which have been brought before this Court, this Court is fully satisfied that the liberty of the petitioner in the present case has been curtailed and his Right to Life and …” (at para 18)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/md-jahid-minor-vs-state-of-bihar-patna-high-court-645963.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0003)

**Record:** CW-2026-0003 (compiler id CWC-0751); case BIHAR2-006; aliases: CWC-0054
**Title:** Puraini Boy vs The State Of Bihar
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad; Ritesh Kumar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 3077 of 2025 / 2026 (1) PLJR 611
**Judgment:** 2026-01-09 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-10-23 (2025)
**Place:** Madhepura, Bihar; city town: Puraini; police station or unit: Puraini Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Puraini Police Station, Madhepura; Inspector, Madhepura, Bihar Police (2 in record)
**Victims:** Puraini boy, age 15 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Patna High Court (Division Bench) allowed a habeas corpus writ for minor a 15-year-old boy, arrested on October 23, 2025 by IO of Puraini Police Station in Puraini PS Case No. 128 of 2025 even though the boy had been shown as not-chargesheeted in Chargesheet No. 235 dated September 1, 2025. Acting solely on a DIG Koshi Range supervision note without collecting fresh material or seeking court permission for further investigation, the IO described the boy as 19 and he spent over two and a half months incarcerated; the Juvenile later confirmed he was about 15 years 6 months at the time of occurrence. Holding his Right to Life and Liberty violated by misuse of police power, the Court ordered his forthwith release, awarded Rs. 5,00,000 compensation plus Rs. 15,000 costs payable by the State within one month, and directed the DGP Bihar to hold an administrative inquiry and recover the sum from the erring officials within six months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the entire facts and circumstances and the materials which have been brought before this Court, this Court is fully satisfied that the liberty of the petitioner in the present case has been curtailed and his Right to Life and Liberty has been violated by the act of the police officials.

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/md-jahid-minor-vs-state-of-bihar-patna-high-court-645963.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/patna-high-court/patna-high-court-slams-saharsa-police-25-month-illegal-detention-juvenile-5-lakh-compensation-518452); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/patna-high-court/md-jahid-minor-v-the-state-of-bihar-right-to-life-liberty-erring-officials-rs-5-lakh-unlawful-arrest-1604379); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/patna-high-court-orders-5-lakh-compensation-for-illegally-jailing-teen-for-25-months)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 18
**display title redacted:** Puraini Boy vs The State Of Bihar
**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': \['compensation_inr'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-01-09', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026 (1) PLJR 611', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/md-jahid-minor-vs-state-of-bihar-patna-high-court-645963.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/patna-high-court/patna-high-court-slams-saharsa-police-25-month-illegal-detention-juvenile-5-lakh-compensation-518452', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/patna-high-court/md-jahid-minor-v-the-state-of-bihar-right-to-life-liberty-erring-officials-rs-5-lakh-unlawful-arrest-1604379', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/patna-high-court-orders-5-lakh-compensation-for-illegally-jailing-teen-for-25-months', '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:** Patna HC (DB) held arrest of 15-year-old Md. Jahid unlawful, ordered release and Rs. 5 lakh compensation plus Rs. 15,000 costs.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 15, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a 15-year-old boy'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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