The judgment of the Jharkhand High Court records the following account. On 12 June 2021, 24-year-old tribal villager was shot dead near Piri village, Latehar, while hunting with fellow villagers for the Nem Sarhul festival; the hunters pleaded they were villagers, not Maoists, but security forces fired without warning. The State admitted the death was caused by a police bullet, yet the CID closed the FIR against the named police officials as a mistake of fact. The High Court held the closure report lacked bona fide, set it aside, and ordered de novo investigation by a fresh team within three months. It directed the State to pay Rs 5,00,000 compensation to the widow within four weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 14 August 2023 in W.P.(Cr.) No. 402 of 2021, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police firing party, Garu Police Station area, Latehar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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The Jharkhand High Court judgment dated 14 August 2023 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“Now it has been admitted that death has occurred due to the firing of the police that too innocent villager has been killed in the State of Jharkhand, where it has been claimed that the Tribals are being protected.” (para 17)
The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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(Audit fix: duplicate record CW-2023-0049 (same court, case number and judgment date) merged into this record; its sources are kept here and its URL redirects here.)
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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