CW-2007-0017Udalguri, AssamJudgment 19 December 2007

Rowta Man vs State of Assam and Ors.

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. remove 'Sub-Inspector' naming unless sourced; state police version (para 8). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 19 December 2007, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: J. Chelameswar, B.P. Katakey, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-Charge, respondent No. 6), Rowta Out Post, Udalguri PS, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

Register number
AS 27 CW 0001
Case reference
2008 (1) GLT 338
Court and date
Gauhati High Court (Coram: J. Chelameswar, B.P. Katakey, JJ.), 19 December 2007
Officer(s) at the material time
Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-Charge, respondent No. 6), Rowta Out Post, Udalguri PS
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“it is conclusively proved that a Rowta man died in police custody due to the torture.” (at para 13)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Gauhati High Court judgment dated 19 December 2007 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“it is conclusively proved that a Rowta man died in police custody due to the torture.” (para 13)

Institutional response

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19 Dec 2007

Order issued

Concluded
Gauhati High Court External · Binding

The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: 2008 (1) GLT 338
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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