CW-2022-0004Jamtara, JharkhandJudgment 6 April 2022

Karmatand Man vs The State of Jharkhand

The Jharkhand High Court held that tribal neighbour a Karmatand man had been languishing in custody since 1 July 2021 for committing no offence whatsoever, having been chargesheeted in Karmatand P.S. Case No. 47 of 2021 solely because he sat beside Asha Devi's body after being called by her husband, with no overt act attributed to him in any witness statement. Observing the case shook the Court's faith in the investigating agency, the Court confirmed his interim bail, awarded Rs 50,000 compensation payable within four weeks through the Superintendent of Police, Jamtara, and directed the Director General of Police to sensitize investigating and supervising officers against harassing innocents. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 6 April 2022 in B.A. No. 1659 of 2022, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Ananda Sen, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Karmatand Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

Register number
JH 21 CW 0001
Case reference
B.A. No. 1659 of 2022
Court and date
Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Ananda Sen, J.), 6 April 2022
Officer(s) at the material time
Police personnel, Karmatand Police Station
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“He has been made to suffer for answering a call of humanity. His liberty was not only threatened, but was taken away by the State, whimsically, without there being any material against him.” (at para 9)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Jharkhand High Court judgment dated 6 April 2022 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“He has been made to suffer for answering a call of humanity. His liberty was not only threatened, but was taken away by the State, whimsically, without there being any material against him.” (para 9)

Institutional response

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6 Apr 2022

Order issued

Concluded
Jharkhand High Court External · Binding

The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: B.A. No. 1659 of 2022
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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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