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 "display_title": "Haflong Woman vs The State of Assam and 4 Ors",
 "display_title_redacted": "Haflong Woman vs The State of Assam and 4 Ors",
 "state": "Assam",
 "district": "Dima Hasao",
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 "city_town": "Haflong",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Sarkari Bagan Town Outpost, Haflong; SP Office, Dima Hasao",
 "court": "Gauhati High Court",
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 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Haflong Woman vs The State of Assam and 4 Ors",
 "case_number": "WP(C)/392/2024",
 "citation": "2026:GAU-AS:7734-DB",
 "judges": [
  "K.R. Surana",
  "Shamima Jahan"
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 "judgment_date": "2026-06-03",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2020-04-24",
 "incident_year": 2020,
 "category": "Custodial death",
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  "IPC 365",
  "IPC 302",
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  "IPC 201",
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  "Assam Police Act 2007 s.98(A)",
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  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Haflong man"
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 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 2500000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/112938816/",
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 "summary": "The Division Bench held seven Assam Police personnel, led by the then Superintendent of Police [name withheld], involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder in custody of a Haflong man, picked up at gunpoint from his home on 24 April 2020. Relying on CID Charge Sheet No. 6 of 2021, the Court found the victim was interrogated and tortured in the SP office CDR room, beaten with lathis, died in a police vehicle on 25 April 2020, and his body was buried in a jungle while General Diary pages were torn to destroy evidence. Holding the Article 21 violation established without awaiting the criminal trial, the Court awarded Rs 20 lakh in addition to Rs 5 lakh interim already paid (Rs 25 lakh total palliative award), recoverable from erring officials found guilty. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Division Bench held seven Assam Police personnel, led by the then Superintendent of Police [name withheld], involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder in custody of a Haflong man, picked up at gunpoint from his home on 24 April 2020. Relying on CID Charge Sheet No. 6 of 2021, the Court found the victim was interrogated and tortured in the SP office CDR room, beaten with lathis, died in a police vehicle on 25 April 2020, and his body was buried in a jungle while General Diary pages were torn to destroy evidence. Holding the Article 21 violation established without awaiting the criminal trial, the Court awarded Rs 20 lakh in addition to Rs 5 lakh interim already paid (Rs 25 lakh total palliative award), recoverable from erring officials found guilty.",
 "court_quote": "The investigation was conducted and the police officials namely [name withheld], the then Superintendent of Police, [name withheld], the then Deputy Superintendent of Police, [name withheld], the then Sub-inspector of Police, Constable [name withheld], C/N [name withheld], Constable [name withheld], C/N [name withheld], were found involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder of the victim.",
 "court_quote_para": "24",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Division Bench held 7 Assam Police personnel led by then SP Dima Hasao responsible for kidnapping, torture and custodial murder of a Haflong man; Rs 25 lakh total palliative award.",
 "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",
   "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": "2026-06-03",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Gauhati High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 2,500,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "2026:GAU-AS:7734-DB",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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   "date": "2026-09-19",
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