The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) held that businessman [name withheld], in his early forties and in MIDC (Latur) police custody on remand till 16-10-2017, died after the lock-up guard negligently handed phenyl directly to him in the lock-up on 15-10-2017, which he consumed and for which he died during treatment. The court found the police machinery indirectly responsible for a death in its custody and liable to compensate as an instrumentality of the Government. It declined CBI transfer since the CID/DySP probe was continuing, and rejected the Rs 2 crore claim. It awarded Rs 10 lakh compensation to the widow and minor son (Rs 2.5 lakh each in fixed deposit, Rs 5 lakh to the widow within three months), holding the brother and mother not entitled. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 11 November 2022 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1482 of 2017 with Criminal Application No. 711 of 2018, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Mangesh S. Patil, Abhay S. Waghwase, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police Naik (lock-up guard), MIDC Police Station, Latur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 11 November 2022 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“when death has taken place while in custody of police, such machinery, though indirectly, is responsible for the death” (para 26)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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