The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. Jadavpur University professor a Kolkata man and his neighbour a Kolkata man were manhandled by a mob and then arrested by Purba Jadavpur police on the night of 12 April 2012 for circulating an email cartoon featuring the Chief Minister, spending the night in custody for bailable and non-cognizable offences. The State defended the detention as protective custody and rejected the WBHRC recommendation of Rs 50,000 compensation each plus departmental action. The Calcutta High Court held the arrests were in brazen violation of law, called the protective-custody plea a bogey, and upheld the WBHRC recommendation by awarding Rs 50,000 each plus Rs 50,000 costs. It directed disciplinary proceedings against the two respondent officers (R-4 and R-5, names redacted in the reported text) to be initiated within a month and taken to a logical conclusion. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 10 March 2015 in W.P. No. 33241 (W) of 2013, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: Dipankar Datta, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (R-4), Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police; Additional Officer-in-Charge (R-5), Purba Jadavpur Police Station, Kolkata Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
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“Relief claimed is moulded by declaring that the petitioners' human rights were indeed violated by public servants; consequently, the State Government shall adequately compensate the petitioners. They shall be entitled to Rs. 50,000/- each as compensatory relief, to be released …” (para 71)
The Calcutta High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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