The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. A Jaipur man was convicted for murdering his wife [name withheld], who self-immolated on 13 May 2011, and sentenced to life plus 3 years under ss.302/498-A IPC, spending over 12 years in jail. The Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur) held the suicide proved and the parchabayan concocted by SI in violation of Rule 6.22 of the Rajasthan Police Rules: recorded in five minutes on 95% burns by a non-gazetted officer without independent witnesses, with the fitness doctor unexamined and the Magistrate approached only after death. It held the entire proceedings were initiated just to falsely implicate the husband, allowed the appeal, acquitted him, and awarded Rs.25,00,000 compensation for wrongful prosecution and the Article 21 violation.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 29 September 2023 in D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 596/2016, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Pankaj Bhandari, Bhuwan Goyal, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Galta Gate, Jaipur; Police personnel, Jaipur police (FIR 137/2011), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000).
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The Rajasthan High Court judgment dated 29 September 2023 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“Thus, the entire proceedings have been initiated against the accused just to falsely implicate him.” (para 26)
The Rajasthan High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 2,500,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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