On PUCL's Article 32 petition, the Supreme Court accepted a District Judge inquiry finding that Imphal police caught villagers of Lunthilian on the night of 3 April 1991, trucked them away and shot dead a Lunthilian/Nungthulien village man and a Lunthilian/Nungthulien village man in custody on 4 April 1991, holding there was no encounter. The Court noted three other villagers were kept in custody for months until 22 July 1991. It awarded Rs 1,00,000 to each bereaved family payable by the Manipur government through the District Magistrate within two months, plus Rs 10,000 costs to PUCL. The Court left punishment of the offenders to the criminal courts while granting public-law compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 5 February 1997 in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 612 of 1992, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: B.P. Jeevan Reddy, S.C. Sen, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
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The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 5 February 1997 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“there was no encounter in the night between 3-4-1991 and 4-4-1991 at Nungthulien Village. The two deceased, namely, a Lunthilian/Nungthulien village man and a Lunthilian/Nungthulien village man were shot dead by the police while in custody on 4-4-1991.” (para 6)
The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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