CW-2013-0002Imphal East, ManipurJudgment 7 February 2013

Khurai Chairenthong Man v. State of Manipur & Ors.

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. On 13 November 2006, hours after his release from Central Jail Sajiwa, 26-year-old a Khurai Chairenthong man @ a Khurai Chairenthong man was dragged from a Maruti van near N.G. Mani College while returning home with friends, and shot dead by Manipur Police Commandos at Khurai Chairenthong. Havildar then lodged a false report claiming the youth attacked police during frisking. Accepting the District Judge (Manipur East) inquiry, the Court found a Khurai Chairenthong man was shot down by Manipur Police personnel and awarded Rs 5,00,000 public-law compensation plus Rs 5,000 costs, preserving civil and criminal remedies. Decided by the Gauhati High Court (Imphal Bench), before the Manipur High Court was established in March 2013. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 7 February 2013 in W.P.(Cril.) No. 25 of 2009, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: T. Nandakumar Singh, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Havildar, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West; Constable, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

Register number
MN 06 CW 0002
Case reference
W.P.(Cril.) No. 25 of 2009
Court and date
Gauhati High Court (Coram: T. Nandakumar Singh, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.), 7 February 2013
Officer(s) at the material time
Havildar, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West; Constable, Manipur Police Commando, Imphal West
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Therefore, we have come to the finding that a Khurai Chairenthong man @ a Khurai Chairenthong man was shot down by the Manipur Police personnel in the incident on 13.11.2006.” (at para 12)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Gauhati High Court judgment dated 7 February 2013 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“Therefore, we have come to the finding that a Khurai Chairenthong man @ a Khurai Chairenthong man was shot down by the Manipur Police personnel in the incident on 13.11.2006.” (para 12)

Institutional response

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7 Feb 2013

Order issued

Concluded
Gauhati High Court External · Binding

The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: W.P.(Cril.) No. 25 of 2009
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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