On 23 December 2008, a Heirangoithong man, a 38-year-old unmarried Grade-IV High Court employee, was dragged from a tea shop at Heirangoithong and shot dead on the Heinoupok-Sadokpam road by a joint team of Manipur Police Commandos and 32 Assam Rifles, who branded him a PREPAK cadre with a planted pistol and grenade lever. The High Court accepted the District & Sessions Judge (Manipur East) inquiry finding, based on eyewitness evidence, that the official encounter version was false. It allowed the brothers' writ petition and awarded Rs 5,00,000 compensation, shared equally by the State and 32 Assam Rifles. Note: the court-site PDF link was unreachable at verification; the text was verified on the mirror. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 5 September 2014 in W.P.(Cril.) No. 18 of 2009, the Manipur High Court (Coram: L.K. Mohapatra, N. Kotiswar Singh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Manipur Police Commando (joint operation with 32 Assam Rifles); Subedar, Manipur Police Commando, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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“Relying on the above evidence of the witness corroborated by the affidavit of PW No. 4, learned District & Sessions Judge has rendered the above finding. We, therefore, find no justification to differ with the finding arrived at by the …” (para 4)
The Manipur High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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