# Amarpur To Udaipur Man vs State of Tripura

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 February 1997 in Civil Rule No. 3 (HC) of 1993, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: A.K. Patnaik, V.K. Khanna, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Inspector of Police, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: TR 03 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Rule No. 3 (HC) of 1993 / (1997) 1 GLJ 382; (1997) 1 GLT 555
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: A.K. Patnaik, V.K. Khanna, JJ.), 13 February 1997
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector of Police, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the National Security Act, 1980; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “There is no law which authorised the merciless assault on an Amarpur to Udaipur man while he was in police custody and such assault was therefore in clear violation of his fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution …” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/425661/arun-chandra-bhawmik-appellant-hash-state-of-tripura-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1997-0012)

**Record:** CW-1997-0012 (compiler id CWC-0931); case GAP2-41-003
**Title:** Amarpur To Udaipur Man vs State of Tripura
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; judges: A.K. Patnaik; V.K. Khanna
**Case number / citation:** Civil Rule No. 3 (HC) of 1993 / (1997) 1 GLJ 382; (1997) 1 GLT 555
**Judgment:** 1997-02-13 (1997, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-01-19 (1993)
**Place:** Gomati, Tripura (district at time: South Tripura); city town: Amarpur to Udaipur; police station or unit: Police escort team, South Tripura; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** National Security Act 1980; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector of Police, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team); Constable, Tripura Police (escort team) (5 in record)
**Victims:** Amarpur to Udaipur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Gauhati High Court Division Bench disposed of a writ petition registered on an advocate's fax complaint about NSA detenu \[name withheld\], an Amarpur advocate. The court accepted the judicial-enquiry finding that an Amarpur to Udaipur man was mercilessly beaten by his police escort led by Inspector en route from Amarpur to Udaipur on 19.01.1993, sustaining grievous injuries including a fractured right hand. It held the assault in police custody violated Article 21 and that the State could not plead sovereign immunity. The State was ordered to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation (over treatment costs already reimbursed) and to hold a further enquiry within three months into the roles of the SP, DM and BDO, with disciplinary proceedings and salary-recovery on an adverse finding. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> There is no law which authorised the merciless assault on an Amarpur to Udaipur man while he was in police custody and such assault was therefore in clear violation of his fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution for which Sri Mazumdar was entitled to compensation from the State and the State cannot take the defence of soveriegn immunity against such claim of compensation.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/425661/arun-chandra-bhawmik-appellant-hash-state-of-tripura-respondent/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b494b4607dba348f00e76a)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Amarpur To Udaipur Man vs State of Tripura
**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': '1997-02-13', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1997) 1 GLJ 382; (1997) 1 GLT 555', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/425661/arun-chandra-bhawmik-appellant-hash-state-of-tripura-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b494b4607dba348f00e76a', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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:** Mirror text verified: Rs 1L compensation for custodial assault; further enquiry within 3 months.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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