The Jharkhand High Court (Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) held a Lesliganj man was a victim of custodial violence who died in police custody. The OIC-led party had seized him from his home at Lukuwa on 9 September 2014 when his son was absent; photographs and the post-mortem showed multiple injuries, fortifying that death was due to police torture and highhandedness with a concocted suicide story in a perfunctory final form. The Court held Article 21 violated, awarded Rs. 5,00,000 compensation within four weeks recoverable from the erring officers (without precluding civil/criminal remedies), and directed the DGP Jharkhand to reopen and reinvestigate the case against the erring officials. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 26 April 2023 in W.P.(Cr.) No. 50 of 2017, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Officer-in-Charge, Lesliganj Police Station, Palamu; Constable, Lesliganj Police Station, Palamu; Constable, Lesliganj Police Station, Palamu; Constable, Lesliganj Police Station, Palamu, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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The Jharkhand High Court judgment dated 26 April 2023 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“The death has occurred due to torture and highhandedness of the police and concocted story of suicide has been made out by the police.” (para 6)
The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 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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