CW-2010-0017Darrang, AssamJudgment 20 August 2010

Khoirabari Man vs State of Assam and Others

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. rewrite: continuous custody 16-19.1.95 with manipulated GD entries/PR bond (paras 8.3-8.6, 12, 14); post-mortem inconclusive so torture-death not established with certainty (para 15); State vicariously liable for failure to protect + D.K. Basu violations (paras 16-18); Rs 2,50,000 by 1.11.2010 (para 19); police version (release on PR bond, re-arrest near station, chest pain/faint — para 8.1) must be stated; delete paywall/confidence commentary. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

Externally reportedV2
What this record means

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 →

Report card

By judgment dated 20 August 2010, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: Hrishikesh Roy, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).

Register number
AS 13 CW 0003
Case reference
(2010) 4 GLT 506
Court and date
Gauhati High Court (Coram: Hrishikesh Roy, J.), 20 August 2010
Officer(s) at the material time
Not identified in the cited sources (Khoirabari Police Station, Darrang)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“Considering the fact that the deceased was employed as a teacher and was the sole bread earner of the family, I deem it appropriate to order for payment of compensation quantified at Rs. 2,50,000/- (Rupees two lakh fifty thousand only) …” (at para 19)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Gauhati High Court judgment dated 20 August 2010 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

1
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.

“Considering the fact that the deceased was employed as a teacher and was the sole bread earner of the family, I deem it appropriate to order for payment of compensation quantified at Rs. 2,50,000/- (Rupees two lakh fifty thousand only) …” (para 19)

Institutional response

1
20 Aug 2010

Order issued

Concluded
Gauhati High Court External · Binding

The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 250,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2010) 4 GLT 506
Not yet re-checked.

Follow-up history

1
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.

Keep exploring

These records are listed together because they share a state or a topic. That does not mean they are connected.