PATNA, Jan. 13 -- Patna high court has directed that a juvenile unlawfully arrested in a land dispute case and languishing in jail since November 24, 2025 be released forthwith by the Juvenile Justice Board, Madhepura from the observation home/children's home and paid Rs.5 lakh as compensation. The court, in its order passed on Friday and uploaded on Sunday, also directed the Director General of Police, Bihar to institute an inquiry into the matter in administrative side, take a suitable view based on the materials which would come in course of the inquiry proceeding and realize a cost of Rs.15,000 and the compensation amount from the erring officials within a period of six months. The writ application had been filed in the nature of a Writ of Habeas Corpus seeking release of the petitioner from the illegal detention, alleging the investigating officer arrested the petitioner in complete disregard to the powers of arrest and without following the established procedure of law. He was arrested without even being charge-sheeted. Later, the report from the SP office also found the petitioner to be a juvenile aged about 15 years 6 months and 8 days on the date of occurrence. "For his unlawful arrest and detention, we direct the State to pay a sum of Rs.5 lakh as compensation keeping in view that a young boy who is a juvenile at this stage has undergone physical and mental agony for two and half months. The State Government shall pay this amount to the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order," said the bench of Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad....