The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. A Belagavi man, an under-trial auto driver transferred from Bangalore to Belgaum Central Prison, sustained injuries in custody on 4 July 1992 and died in hospital on 7 July 1992. The authorities claimed a jail-break attempt led to a mild lathi-charge and stampede injuring 62 prisoners; the family alleged brutal beating and torture in police custody. Justice Dattu found the ADGP (Prisons) enquiry report a farce that ignored uniform contusions and a fatal cervical-spine injury consistent with deliberate beating while in custody. Citing Nilabati Behera, D.K. Basu and Kewal Pati, the Court held he died in police custody because of torture by brutal beating, allowed the petition, awarded Rs.3 lakh compensation, and directed the State to appoint an investigating agency to fix responsibility of the police personnel. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 5 September 2000 in Writ Petition under Article 226, the Karnataka High Court (Coram: H. L. Dattu, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
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“the only inference that can be drawn is that the petitioner's husband died while he was in police custody because of torture and injury caused by police authority by their brutal beating, may be with a wooden rod.” (para 18)
The Karnataka High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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