The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) held that the death of 23-year-old Pradip Kute on 04-11-2018 was a homicidal custodial death at the hands of two head constables of the Manegaon outpost, who intercepted his sugarcane tractor over a loudly played tape recorder and beat him with sticks, kicks and fists. Relying on the Section 176(1)(a) CrPC magisterial inquiry report, 43 ante-mortem injuries in the post-mortem, and consistent eyewitnesses, the court rejected the defence of brain disease and post-mortem injuries. It awarded Rs 15,29,600 compensation to the mother (Rs 13,29,600 dependency plus Rs 2,00,000 for police atrocities), payable by the State within two months with 6% default interest and recoverable from the two constables, with Rs 10 lakh to be invested for five years; the criminal trial (Crime No. 218/2018) was noted as pending.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 18 January 2023 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1647 of 2019, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Vibha Kankanwadi, Abhay S. Waghwase, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Dashrath Vishwanath Kumbhar (Police Head Constable); Deepak Raman Kshirsagar (Police Head Constable), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 15.3 lakh (Rs 15,29,600).
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“It will be open to the State to recover the amount, so paid to the petitioner from respondent Nos.4 and 5, as they have been revealed to be the persons responsible for the death of a Manegaon, Taluka Madha man” (para 13 (order cl. 4))
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,529,600.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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