13 Nov 2025
Order issued
ConcludedThe Patna High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel.
adverse finding compensation.
Source: CR. WJC No. 2761 of 2025
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CW-2025-0067Gaya, BiharJudgment 13 November 2025
Gaya Man @ [name withheld] vs State of Bihar through Principal Secretary (Home)
The Patna High Court awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation to [name withheld] for illegal detention of 5-18 days after his bail release on 29 September 2025. The Jail Superintendent kept him confined without any authorized detention order after a production warrant had expired. The IG Prisons admitted 'illegal detention for at least five days'. The Court held the detention violated Article 21, directed recovery of compensation from the erring official, and ordered the IG Prisons to issue state-wide guidelines to all Jail Superintendents within two weeks.
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By judgment dated 13 November 2025 in CR. WJC No. 2761 of 2025, the Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, Sourendra Pandey, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Jail Superintendent, Central Jail, Gaya; Deputy Jailor, Central Jail, Gaya; Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- Register number
- BR 02 CW 0008
- Case reference
- CR. WJC No. 2761 of 2025
- Court and date
- Patna High Court (Coram: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, Sourendra Pandey, JJ.), 13 November 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Jail Superintendent, Central Jail, Gaya; Deputy Jailor, Central Jail, Gaya; Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Article 21 Constitution of India of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “This Court has no iota of doubt that in this case, the life and liberty of the petitioner has been curtailed to a great extent by keeping him in confinement for 18 days without any authorized detention order from a …” (at para Paragraph 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings
- The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
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Current position
Judgment dated 13 November 2025. This judgment may still be subject to appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
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What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“This Court has no iota of doubt that in this case, the life and liberty of the petitioner has been curtailed to a great extent by keeping him in confinement for 18 days without any authorized detention order from a …” (para Paragraph 5)
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Follow-up history
24 Sep 2026
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.