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 "status": "current",
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 "display_title": "Suhela, Village Bhalesur Man vs State Of Chhattisgarh And Ors",
 "display_title_redacted": "Suhela, Village Bhalesur Man vs State Of Chhattisgarh And Ors",
 "state": "Chhattisgarh",
 "district": "Raipur",
 "district_at_time": "Raipur",
 "city_town": "Suhela, village Bhalesur",
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 "court": "Chhattisgarh High Court",
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 "case_title": "Suhela, Village Bhalesur Man vs State Of Chhattisgarh And Ors",
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 "citation": "2006 CriLJ 4372; 2006(3) MPHT 79",
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 "date_precision": "day",
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  {
   "name": null,
   "age": 26,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Suhela, village Bhalesur man, age 26"
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 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
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 "compensation_inr": 1000000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1455919/",
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 "summary": "The Chhattisgarh High Court (Division Bench) allowed a public interest writ highlighting the custodial death of a Suhela, village Bhalesur man, a 26-year-old tribal agricultural labourer, at Police Station Suhela. Picked up on suspicion of petty theft of goods worth Rs. 972, he was illegally detained without arrest being recorded, mercilessly beaten by ASI and other staff, paraded handcuffed through villages on August 11, 2004, and found dead in the lock-up toilet on August 13, 2004 in a staged hanging the Court disbelieved, with a false autopsy prepared at the ASI's behest. Holding the State liable in public law, the Court directed payment of Rs. 10,00,000 compensation to the widow and three minor children within a month (sums already paid adjusted), ordered the CBI to register a case and investigate, and directed departmental enquiries against the six named police personnel. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Chhattisgarh High Court (Division Bench) allowed a public interest writ highlighting the custodial death of a Suhela, village Bhalesur man, a 26-year-old tribal agricultural labourer, at Police Station Suhela. Picked up on suspicion of petty theft of goods worth Rs. 972, he was illegally detained without arrest being recorded, mercilessly beaten by ASI and other staff, paraded handcuffed through villages on August 11, 2004, and found dead in the lock-up toilet on August 13, 2004 in a staged hanging the Court disbelieved, with a false autopsy prepared at the ASI's behest. Holding the State liable in public law, the Court directed payment of Rs. 10,00,000 compensation to the widow and three minor children within a month (sums already paid adjusted), ordered the CBI to register a case and investigate, and directed departmental enquiries against the six named police personnel.",
 "court_quote": "We direct the State of Chhattisgarh to pay to the widow of the deceased and their three minor children compensation of Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rupees ten lakhs only) within a month.",
 "court_quote_para": "28(c)",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Chhattisgarh HC (PIL) held tribal man a Suhela, village Bhalesur man died of custodial torture at PS Suhela, awarded Rs. 10 lakh compensation and ordered CBI probe.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
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  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
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 "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"
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   "date": "2006-07-20",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Chhattisgarh High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Chhattisgarh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "2006 CriLJ 4372; 2006(3) MPHT 79",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
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   "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",
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