# Guwahati Man vs State of Assam and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 May 1999 in Civil Rule No. 1600 of 1995, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: J. N. Sarma, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Officer-in-Charge, Noonmati Police Station, Guwahati; Superintendent of Police (City), Guwahati City, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: AS 25 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Rule No. 1600 of 1995 / (1999) 05 GAU CK 0039
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: J. N. Sarma, J.), 11 May 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time: Officer-in-Charge, Noonmati Police Station, Guwahati; Superintendent of Police (City), Guwahati City
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “That on 2.1.95 a Guwahati man, a physically handicapped and mentally retarded person was tortured at Noonmati P.S. by police personnel causing fractural injuries in his both legs.” (at para para 2 (enquiry finding (i) adopted by court))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. 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/427564/subhangsu-das-appellant-hash-state-of-assam-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0005)

**Record:** CW-1999-0005 (compiler id CWC-0035); case ASSAM-022
**Title:** Guwahati Man vs State of Assam and Others
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; judges: J. N. Sarma
**Case number / citation:** Civil Rule No. 1600 of 1995 / (1999) 05 GAU CK 0039
**Judgment:** 1999-05-11 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1995-01-02 (1995)
**Place:** Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam (district at time: Kamrup); city town: Guwahati; police station or unit: Noonmati Police Station, Guwahati; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Officer-in-Charge, Noonmati Police Station, Guwahati; Superintendent of Police (City), Guwahati City (2 in record)
**Victims:** Guwahati man, age 25 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Gauhati High Court held Noonmati police guilty of torturing 25-year-old deaf-mute, mentally retarded a Guwahati man in the lock-up on 2 January 1995. The Court accepted the Additional District Judge's enquiry finding that the boy, picked up on false charges, was beaten through the night sustaining fractures in both legs, denied food and water, and that OC had knowledge while SP (City) \[name withheld\] took no action on the complaint. It awarded Rs 1,00,000 compensation (Rs 75,000 State, Rs 25,000 from the two officers' salaries) and directed a criminal case against the OC and disciplinary action against both officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> That on 2.1.95 a Guwahati man, a physically handicapped and mentally retarded person was tortured at Noonmati P.S. by police personnel causing fractural injuries in his both legs.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/427564/subhangsu-das-appellant-hash-state-of-assam-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** para 2 (enquiry finding (i) adopted by court)
**display title redacted:** Guwahati Man vs State of Assam and Others
**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': '1999-05-11', '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': '(1999) 05 GAU CK 0039', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/427564/subhangsu-das-appellant-hash-state-of-assam-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Custodial torture of disabled youth proved; Rs 1L compensation plus prosecution/disciplinary directions.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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