# Government of NCT of Delhi vs Nasiruddin (father of deceased \[name withheld\]. Tihar Man)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 November 2000, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: DL 04 CW 0003
- Case reference: 2002 ACJ 1530
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain, JJ.), 27 November 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Tihar Jail)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “there can be no doubt in view of background facts highlighted above about the State's liability to pay the compensation.” (at para 23)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/810570/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2000-0009)

**Record:** CW-2000-0009 (compiler id CWC-0671); case GAP7-006
**Title:** Government of NCT of Delhi vs Nasiruddin (father of deceased \[name withheld\]. Tihar Man)
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Arijit Pasayat; D.K. Jain
**Case number / citation:** 2002 ACJ 1530
**Judgment:** 2000-11-27 (2000, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-07-13 (1996)
**Place:** West Delhi, Delhi; city town: Tihar; police station or unit: Tihar Jail; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Tihar man, age 21 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Delhi High Court records the following account. A Tihar man, about 21, was picked up by police on 15 April 1996, lodged in Tihar Jail and died there on 13 July 1996 with 15 ante-mortem injuries; a government medical board conceded several injuries could not have been self-inflicted. The State claimed he was a violent psychiatric patient injured while being restrained. The Division Bench rejected that plea, holding doctors examining him over 8-13 July 1996 could not have missed the injuries, and affirmed State liability in public law for the custodial death. It reduced compensation from Rs.2.5 lakh to Rs.2 lakh (Rs.1,25,000 already paid). Erring officials were not individually named. LPA against W.P.(Crl.) No.585/1996 judgment dated 16.12.1997. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> there can be no doubt in view of background facts highlighted above about the State's liability to pay the compensation.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/810570/)
**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:** 23
**display title redacted:** Government of NCT of Delhi vs Nasiruddin (father of deceased \[name withheld\]. Tihar Man)
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2000-11-27', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2002 ACJ 1530', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/810570/', '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:** Custodial-assault death affirmed on LPA; State liability upheld, compensation fixed at Rs.2L.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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