The Orissa High Court (A.K. Ganguly, CJ and I. Mahanty, J.), treating a citizen's letter as PIL, awarded a further Rs 3 lakh to Kastu Behera for the death of his 26-year-old tipper-driver son [name withheld] during illegal police custody. The Court found a Talcher man, who was not an accused, was forcibly taken from home on 29 December 2003 and confined for three days in Kalinga Beat House for interrogation in a Sarpanch murder case without any magistrate's order and without the written requisition required by s.160 CrPC, and was found hanging on 31 December 2003. Holding the police guilty of infringing Article 21, the Court ordered the additional sum (over Rs 50,000 ex gratia and Rs 1 lakh interim already paid) with liberty to recover from the erring officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 6 September 2007 in W.P.(C) No. 8373 of 2004, the Orissa High Court (Coram: A.K. Ganguly, I. Mahanty, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Kalinga Police Beat House, Talcher; Assistant Sub-Inspector (in-charge), Kalinga Police Beat House, Talcher; Circle Inspector, Kalinga Police Beat House, Talcher, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 4.5 lakh (Rs 4,50,000).
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“Therefore, this Court holds that the police is guilty of causing an infringement of fundamental right of a Talcher man under Article 21 of the Constitution by keeping a Talcher man illegally in their custody and a Talcher man died …” (para 10)
The Orissa High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 450,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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