The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) held that an Aurangabad man, arrested on 30-10-1994 and found dead in the Kranti Chowk lock-up on the night of 8/9 November 1994 after about ten days in custody, died a homicidal custodial death following torture. The court rejected the police suicide-by-hanging story as physically impossible and a concocted cover-up, distrusted the CID inquiry as disguising police sins, and called the inquest dishonest. Holding the State liable in public law, it awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation (Rs 50,000 cash to the widow, Rs 1.5 lakh in fixed deposit for the children) plus Rs 5,000 costs. It further directed the CBI to register a case, investigate and prosecute those responsible, and ordered disciplinary proceedings against them. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 13 February 2002, the Bombay High Court (Coram: S.S. Parkar, D.S. Zoting, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Special Squad, Aurangabad City police; Head Constable, Kranti Chowk Police Station, Aurangabad; Police personnel, Kranti Chowk / City Chowk / Osmanpura Police Stations, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 13 February 2002 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“This is especially so when we are not in doubt that from the facts and circumstances of the case and the false story attempted to be put up by the police, the police alone are responsible for the death of …” (para 24)
The Bombay High Court 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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