{ "record_id": "CW-1992-0004", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0289", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Jajpur Road Man vs Director General Of Police And Ors.", "display_title_redacted": "Jajpur Road Man vs Director General Of Police And Ors.", "state": "Odisha", "district": "Jajpur", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Jajpur Road", "police_station_or_unit": "Jajpur Road Police Station", "court": "Orissa High Court", "court_as_verified": "Orissa High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Jajpur Road Man vs Director General Of Police And Ors.", "case_number": null, "citation": "1992 (I) OLR 565; 1992 CriLJ 2901; 1993 ACJ 259", "judges": [ "B.L. Hansaria", "K.C. Jagadeb Roy" ], "judgment_date": "1992-04-02", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 1992, "incident_date": "1990-08-24", "incident_year": 1990, "category": "Custodial death", "admin_category": "brutality", "admin_subcategory": "custodial_death", "subcategory": "custodial_death", "subcategory_display": "custodial death", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation", "sections": [ "Article 21" ], "officers": [], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": 25, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "Jajpur Road man, age 25" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "compensation_only", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": 30000, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/235397/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The judgment of the Orissa High Court records the following account. A Jajpur Road man, accused in a dacoity case, was arrested and brought to Jajpur Road Police Station on 23 August 1990, where police alleged he committed suicide by hanging inside the station latrine at 5:15 AM the next morning. Although a magisterial inquiry accepted the suicide theory, the Orissa High Court analyzed medical evidence—specifically 300 cc of undigested stomach contents contradicting the 9:00 PM feeding time and suspicious haste in cremating the body with police photographing the funeral pyre—and rejected the suicide claim. The High Court concluded that the deceased died due to police torture in custody in clear violation of Article 21. The Court held the State vicariously liable and directed payment of Rs. 30,000 compensation (Rs. 10,000 to the father and Rs. 20,000 to the young widow). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.", "summary_verified": "A Jajpur Road man, accused in a dacoity case, was arrested and brought to Jajpur Road Police Station on 23 August 1990, where police alleged he committed suicide by hanging inside the station latrine at 5:15 AM the next morning. Although a magisterial inquiry accepted the suicide theory, the Orissa High Court analyzed medical evidence—specifically 300 cc of undigested stomach contents contradicting the 9:00 PM feeding time and suspicious haste in cremating the body with police photographing the funeral pyre—and rejected the suicide claim. The High Court concluded that the deceased died due to police torture in custody in clear violation of Article 21. The Court held the State vicariously liable and directed payment of Rs. 30,000 compensation (Rs. 10,000 to the father and Rs. 20,000 to the young widow).", "court_quote": "Because of all the above, we would hold that the case of the opposite parties that a Jajpur Road man had died because of suicidal hanging is not acceptable to us. The only other conclusion which can be drawn on the facts of the case is that he had died due to police torture.", "court_quote_para": "11", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Orissa HC rejected police claim of suicide in hazat latrine, holding victim died of custodial police torture and awarding Rs. 30,000 compensation against State.", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "allegations": [ { "category": "Custodial death", "primary": true, "position": "Material fact supported", "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.", "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": "1992-04-02", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Orissa High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Orissa High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 30,000.", "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)", "source": "1992 (I) OLR 565; 1992 CriLJ 2901; 1993 ACJ 259", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [ { "date": "2026-09-19", "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass", "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)", "result": "holds", "corrections_applied": [] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/235397/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-10" ], "merged_case_id": "ODISHA-013", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }