The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. Mumbai Narcotic Cell police took a Mumbai man, aged about 57, into custody at Tuticorin on 20.2.1997 for interrogation in NDPS Crime No.18/1997, showed arrest only on 25.2.1997, and lodged him in the Azad Maidan lock-up, where he died on 1.3.1997. Though the autopsy and CBI found death by natural disease without injuries, the CBI confirmed transit-remand procedure was skipped and no medical examination was done. The Court held the arrest illegal, custody till 25.2.1997 illegal, and the deceased denied legal and medical assistance despite acute asthma and put to enormous mental torture. It directed the State of Maharashtra to pay Rs.2,50,000 compensation to the family. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 24 August 2010 in W.P. No.2933 of 1997, the Madras High Court (Coram: S. Nagamuthu, J.) returned findings adverse to 7 police personnel, namely: Senior Inspector of Police, Narcotic Cell, CBCID, Mumbai-1; Sub-Inspector of Police, Narcotic Cell, CBCID, Mumbai; Deputy Inspector of Police, Narcotic Cell, CBCID, Mumbai-1; Sub-Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu police (assisted identification at Tuticorin); Police Constable, Azad Maidan Police Station, Mumbai; Head Constable, Azad Maidan Police Station, Mumbai; Night Police Inspector, Azad Maidan Police Station, Mumbai, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
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The Madras High Court judgment dated 24 August 2010 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“To sum up, I have to state that the deceased was arrested on 20.2.1997 illegally, the arrest was not intimated to the relatives, the grounds of arrest were not informed to the deceased, he was kept in the illegal custody …” (para 18)
The Madras High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 250,000.
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