The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 3 lakh for the custodial death of a Siraspur man at PS Samaypur Badli. On 2 December 1992 a seven-man police party led by SI came looking for the victim's cousins, beat a Siraspur man with lathis at his Siraspur home and again at the police station; he died the next evening in custody at Hindu Rao Hospital of haemorrhagic shock from a fractured femur and multiple injuries. The SDM's Section 176 inquest held the death resulted from police beating, and the CBI chargesheeted seven policemen plus three private persons. The State offered no explanation for the injuries, and the Court held it vicariously liable under Article 21. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 4 February 2000, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Anil Dev Singh, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; SHO, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
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The Delhi High Court judgment dated 4 February 2000 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“From the perusal of the report of the S.D.M. it cannot be denied that the a Siraspur man died in police custody as a result of beating given by the police personnel.” (para 6)
The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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