The High Court of Punjab and Haryana held the police of Police Station Banur responsible for the custodial death of a Banur man on 1 September 1991. The police claimed the detainee committed suicide by consuming cyanide during an escorted weapon recovery operation, but the Court determined that cyanide could not have been accessible to a person in continuous police custody without gross omission and negligence by police functionaries. While declining a CBI inquiry six years after the incident, the High Court held that constitutional protections extend even to suspects of shady character and directed payment of Rs 50,000 compensation to the deceased's mother. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 1 August 1997 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 22334-M of 1996, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: R.L. Anand, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Banur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 1 August 1997 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“As I have fixed the responsibility on the functionaries of the State, I order the respondents to pay a sum of Rs. 50,000/- by way of compensation to the mother of the deceased.”
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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