The Jharkhand High Court held that student a Ranchi man was falsely implicated in a murder, gang-rape and burning case after a burnt female body near NH-33 was wrongly identified as the survivor, and remained in custody from 14 February to 27 July 2014 on a confessional statement alone. the survivor was later found alive and gave a Section 164 statement, following which police filed a final form recording mistake of fact and the petitioner was discharged. The Court noted the DGP had suspended three officers including the Investigating Officer and both Officers-in-Charge and ordered a CID probe and departmental proceedings. Holding the entire prosecution malicious and the Article 21 violation admitted, the Court awarded Rs 5,00,000 public-law compensation, open to recovery from the erring officers' salaries. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 21 June 2023 in W.P.(Cr.) No. 226 of 2014, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Officer-in-Charge, Chutia Police Station, Ranchi; Officer-in-Charge, Bundu Police Station, Ranchi; Investigating Officer, Ranchi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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The Jharkhand High Court judgment dated 21 June 2023 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“In the case in hand, admittedly, the petitioner was illegally arrested and thereafter he has been discharged on the submission of final form by the police, accordingly, the case of compensation is made out.” (para 19)
The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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