The Calcutta High Court, hearing a PIL alongside a suo motu writ petition, adjudicated the unnatural death of a 15-year-old boy in the custody of Mallarpur Police Station, Birbhum in October 2020. Finding that the minor had been kept in police lockup in direct violation of the Juvenile and the West Bengal Juvenile, 2017, the Court termed the incident a "sorry state of affairs." The Court observed that the internal disciplinary punishment imposed on the stationed police personnel—stoppage of annual increment for one year—was thoroughly inadequate considering the gravity of the charge. The Division Bench directed the Government of West Bengal to pay Rs. 15 lakh compensation to the victim boy's family within 15 days and issued binding directions for statewide police sensitization. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 4 April 2023 in WPA (P) 9 of 2020 with WPA (P) 13 of 2020, the Calcutta High Court (Coram: T. S. Sivagnanam, Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 15 lakh (Rs 15,00,000).
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The Calcutta High Court judgment dated 4 April 2023 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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Official finding: supports allegation.
Holding not recorded separately.
“On going through the reports and the factual matrix, we find that there is a sorry state of affairs in which a young boy of 15 years died in police custody.” (para 2)
The Calcutta High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,500,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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