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 "display_title": "Ujjain Man v. State of M.P. and Others",
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 "case_title": "Ujjain Man v. State of M.P. and Others",
 "case_number": "Writ Petition No. 2693 of 2000 (J)",
 "citation": "(2002) 07 MP CK 0067",
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   "gender": "male",
   "name": null,
   "descriptor": "Ujjain man"
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 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
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 "summary": "The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Dipak Misra J.) allowed in part a writ by 3.5-year-old Richa Jethani over the death of her father [name withheld], detained without formal arrest at Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain from 29 February 2000 and found burnt at the station on the midnight of 2 March 2000. Commissioner and magisterial enquiries found criminal negligence: a privately purchased kerosene container and matchbox left accessible in the station enabled the death, and detention without arrest was illegal. The Court held the State vicariously liable under Article 21, awarded Rs 1 lakh compensation (Rs 80,000 in fixed deposit till the minor's majority), and left the State free to recover from the erring officials. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Dipak Misra J.) allowed in part a writ by 3.5-year-old Richa Jethani over the death of her father [name withheld], detained without formal arrest at Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain from 29 February 2000 and found burnt at the station on the midnight of 2 March 2000. Commissioner and magisterial enquiries found criminal negligence: a privately purchased kerosene container and matchbox left accessible in the station enabled the death, and detention without arrest was illegal. The Court held the State vicariously liable under Article 21, awarded Rs 1 lakh compensation (Rs 80,000 in fixed deposit till the minor's majority), and left the State free to recover from the erring officials.",
 "court_quote": "On proper appreciation of the aforesaid report it rings as a bell that there was total unconcern, negligence and dereliction on the part of the concerned police officials as a result of which a Ujjain man could commit suicide.",
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 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "HC awarded Rs 1 lakh for custodial death by negligence; recovery from erring officials permitted.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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   "category": "Custodial death",
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   "position": "Material fact supported",
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   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
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   "date": "2002-07-26",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
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   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
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   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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