The Patna High Court allowed the widow's writ after undertrial a Sasaram man, aged 23, was shot dead by assailants while handcuffed in a police escort at the Sasaram court premises on 14 October 1996. The court held the State and its instrumentalities responsible for the negligent failure to protect a prisoner in police custody, following Rudul Sah and Nilabati Behera. It directed the State to deposit Rs 1 lakh with the Registrar General within six weeks, Rs 50,000 payable to the widow and Rs 50,000 held in fixed deposit until her minor daughter attains majority. The killers were private accused (Sasaram Town P.S. Case No. 558/96); the police liability was custodial failure to protect. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 14 May 1997 in Cr.W.J.C. No. 859 of 1996, the Patna High Court (Coram: Choudhary S.N. Mishra, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
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“The husband of the petitioner was killed under handcuffs while he was in police custody. In such situation the State has to answer for every unlawful and negligent act committed by its instrumentilities and the State and its instrumentalities are …” (para 6)
The Patna High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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