# Jajpur Road Man vs Director General Of Police And Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 April 1992, the Orissa High Court (Coram: B.L. Hansaria, K.C. Jagadeb Roy, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 30,000.

- Register number: OD 04 CW 0001
- Case reference: 1992 (I) OLR 565; 1992 CriLJ 2901; 1993 ACJ 259
- Court and date: Orissa High Court (Coram: B.L. Hansaria, K.C. Jagadeb Roy, JJ.), 2 April 1992
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Jajpur Road Police Station)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “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 …” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 30,000.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/235397/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1992-0004)

**Record:** CW-1992-0004 (compiler id CWC-0289); case ODISHA-013
**Title:** Jajpur Road Man vs Director General Of Police And Ors.
**Court:** Orissa High Court; judges: B.L. Hansaria; K.C. Jagadeb Roy
**Case number / citation:** 1992 (I) OLR 565; 1992 CriLJ 2901; 1993 ACJ 259
**Judgment:** 1992-04-02 (1992, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-08-24 (1990)
**Place:** Jajpur, Odisha; city town: Jajpur Road; police station or unit: Jajpur Road Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Article 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (1 in record)
**Victims:** Jajpur Road man, age 25 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 30,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/235397/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 11
**display title redacted:** Jajpur Road Man vs Director General Of Police And Ors.
**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
**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.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/235397/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**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 badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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