The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. College student a Morigaon man (24) was picked up from his Morigaon home on 6 August 1994 by a team including SI Nakhyatra Bora with SULFA members and CRPF, seen in the Morigaon lockup, then shot dead at point-blank range in a staged encounter at Mayengia village. Separately, office assistant a Morigaon man died of custodial torture injuries including a fractured femur, which police falsely ascribed to a fall. Accepting District Judge inquiry reports and medical evidence, the Gauhati High Court held both men died in police custody in defiance of the law of the land and rejected the encounter and accidental-fall versions. It awarded Rs.2,50,000 plus Rs.15,000 costs to each family, payable within six months, leaving the State free to proceed against and recover from the erring officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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 17 February 2000 in Civil Rule Nos. 3809 and 4032 of 1994, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: D.N. Chowdhury, J.) returned findings adverse to the Nakhyatra Bora (Sub-Inspector), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5.3 lakh (Rs 5,30,000).
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The Gauhati High Court judgment dated 17 February 2000 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“Both of them died in Police custody in defiance of the law of the land. In both the cases there is unconstitutional deprivation of personal liberty and life.” (para 23)
The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 530,000.
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