The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. In the night of 23/24 June 1993 a ten-member Crime Branch party led by PI [name withheld] dragged a Nagpur man, a 32-year-old railway khalasi, from his Ajni Railway quarters residence, beat him near his house and again in the police lock-up, where he died in the early hours of 24 June. His wife [name withheld] alleged she was illegally detained, assaulted and molested by the same personnel, and that the CID registered only Section 304 IPC instead of murder. The Nagpur Bench held a Nagpur man died of custodial violence by the police party and awarded Rs. 1,50,000 compensation to the widow recoverable proportionately from the erring officials. It also ordered an enquiry into the investigating officer's lapses and issued statewide custodial-safeguard directions; the later Supreme Court appeal challenged only parts of the guidelines, not the compensation.
This page documents a court-adjudicated case from the judgment and cited sources below. Findings are attributed to the court; this record does not add findings of its own.
How verification works →By judgment dated 26 August 1994 in Writ Petition No. 204 of 1993, the Bombay High Court returned findings adverse to 9 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Assistant Police Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Sub-Inspector, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Head Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City; Police Constable, Crime Branch, Nagpur City, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 26 August 1994 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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Official finding: supports allegation.
Holding not recorded separately.
“The State Government is directed to pay compensation amounting to Rs. 1,50,000/- awarded in favour of the petitioner. 2 Jarina wd/o a Nagpur man in this proceeding for the custodial death of her husband.” (para 29)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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