The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) held that a Burudgaon, Ahmednagar woman, a 50-year-old Pardhi tribal woman illegally picked up on 12-05-2007 without any arrest record, died in police custody after torture at Kotwali Police Station, the LCB office and the Jamkhed rest house to extract information about stolen gold, rejecting the CID suicide-by-poison theory since no poison was detected and nine ante-mortem injuries including a head injury were found. The court held no sanction under Section 197 CrPC was needed as every act was unauthorised and illegal, left it open to the trial court to frame murder charges (Sections 302, 201 read with 120B IPC), and vacated the stay on Sessions Case No. 184 of 2013. It granted Rs 5,00,000 compensation to a Burudgaon, Ahmednagar woman's legal representatives (State to deposit in court within 45 days, 8% default interest, recoverable from the responsible police officers after inquiry). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 13 January 2021 in Criminal Writ Petition Nos. 363 of 2008 with 1658 of 2015, the Bombay High Court (Coram: T. V. Nalawade, M. G. Sewlikar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 7 police personnel, namely: Police Inspector, Kotwali Police Station, Ahmednagar; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Local Crime Branch, Ahmednagar; Police Sub-Inspector, Local Crime Branch, Ahmednagar; Policeman, Local Crime Branch, Ahmednagar; Policeman, Ahmednagar police; Police personnel, Ahmednagar police; Police personnel, Ahmednagar police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 13 January 2021 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
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“So far as relief of compensation claimed by legal representatives of deceased is concerned, aforesaid material is more than sufficient to prove that a Burudgaon, Ahmednagar woman died in the custody of Police.” (para 27)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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