# Jeraikela Woman vs State Of Orissa And Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 24 March 1993, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: J.S. Verma, A.S. Anand, N. Venkatachala, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Jeraikela Police Outpost, PS Bisra; Constable, Jeraikela Police Outpost, PS Bisra, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: OD 14 CW 0001
- Case reference: (1993) 2 SCC 746; AIR 1993 SC 1960
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: J.S. Verma, A.S. Anand, N. Venkatachala, JJ.), 24 March 1993
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Jeraikela Police Outpost, PS Bisra; Constable, Jeraikela Police Outpost, PS Bisra
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 32 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the learned District Judge reached the conclusion that it is a case of custodial death and a Jeraikela man died as a result of the injuries inflicted to him voluntarily while he was in police custody at the Police Outpost …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- 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/1628260/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0003)

**Record:** CW-1993-0003 (compiler id CWC-0281); case SUPREM-002
**Title:** Jeraikela Woman vs State Of Orissa And Ors.
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: J.S. Verma; A.S. Anand; N. Venkatachala
**Case number / citation:** (1993) 2 SCC 746; AIR 1993 SC 1960
**Judgment:** 1993-03-24 (1993, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1987-12-01 (1987)
**Place:** Sundargarh, Odisha (district at time: Sundergarh); city town: Jeraikela (Bisra); police station or unit: Jeraikela Police Outpost, PS Bisra; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 32
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Jeraikela Police Outpost, PS Bisra; Constable, Jeraikela Police Outpost, PS Bisra (2 in record)
**Victims:** Jeraikela man, age 22 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Jeraikela man, 22, was taken from home into custody at Jeraikela outpost on 01-12-1987 by ASI for a theft inquiry, handcuffed and detained; his body with multiple injuries was found on the railway track the next morning. The Supreme Court rejected the escape-and-train-accident story, confirming on reappraisal the District Judge's finding of death by multiple injuries inflicted in police custody. Holding it a custodial death violating Article 21 and rejecting sovereign immunity, the court awarded Rs 1.5 lakh compensation (term deposit for the mother) plus Rs 10,000 costs to the Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee. It directed the State to ascertain and fix individual responsibility and take appropriate action, in this landmark public-law compensation ruling. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> the learned District Judge reached the conclusion that it is a case of custodial death and a Jeraikela man died as a result of the injuries inflicted to him voluntarily while he was in police custody at the Police Outpost Jeraikela. We have reached the same conclusion on a reappraisal of the evidence adduced at the inquiry taking into account the circumstances, which also support that conclusion.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1628260/); [api.sci.gov.in](https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/judis/12126.pdf)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Jeraikela Woman vs State Of Orissa 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': '1993-03-24', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1993) 2 SCC 746; AIR 1993 SC 1960', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1628260/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/judis/12126.pdf', '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:** Supreme Court (3J) held a Jeraikela man beaten to death in Jeraikela custody; Rs 1.5L + Rs 10k costs. Landmark Art-21 compensation law.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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