# West Bengal Man vs State of West Bengal and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 January 2000 in Civil Appeal No. 467 of 2000 (arising out of SLP (C) No. 1571 of 1999), the Supreme Court of India (Coram: G. B. Pattanaik, R. C. Lahoti, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 70,000.

- Register number: WB 00 CW 0002
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 467 of 2000 (arising out of SLP (C) No. 1571 of 1999) / (2000) 9 SCC 404; JT 2000 (4) SC 409
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: G. B. Pattanaik, R. C. Lahoti, JJ.), 21 January 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The counsel for the State of West Bengal on the other hand contends that the Human Rights Commission of the State has considered the matter from all angles including the profession which was being pursued by the deceased before his …” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 70,000.
- 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/1738694/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2000-0011)

**Record:** CW-2000-0011 (compiler id CWC-1112); case GAP3-128-003
**Title:** West Bengal Man vs State of West Bengal and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: G. B. Pattanaik; R. C. Lahoti
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 467 of 2000 (arising out of SLP (C) No. 1571 of 1999) / (2000) 9 SCC 404; JT 2000 (4) SC 409
**Judgment:** 2000-01-21 (2000, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** West Bengal; 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:** West Bengal man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 70,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Supreme Court enhanced compensation for the custodial death of a West Bengal man in West Bengal from Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 70,000. The Court, hearing only the quantum question on limited notice, accepted the Calcutta High Court's custodial-death findings and held Rs. 20,000 too meagre for the widow's sustenance. It directed the State to pay the balance Rs. 50,000 to the widow within eight weeks, leaving the rest of the High Court's directions unaltered. No officer is named and no district or station is stated in the SC order, which records no independent liability reasoning. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The counsel for the State of West Bengal on the other hand contends that the Human Rights Commission of the State has considered the matter from all angles including the profession which was being pursued by the deceased before his custodial death and therefore the compensation to the tune of Rs. 20,000/- is adequate. Having considered the rival submissions and on the findings arrived at by the High Court of Calcutta we think it appropriate to enhance the compensation to Rs. 70,000/-.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1738694/); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/675314/amitadyuti-kumar-vs-state-w-b-ors)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** West Bengal Man vs State of West Bengal 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': '2000-01-21', '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 70,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2000) 9 SCC 404; JT 2000 (4) SC 409', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1738694/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/675314/amitadyuti-kumar-vs-state-w-b-ors', '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:** SC accepted HC custodial-death findings and enhanced compensation Rs.20,000 to Rs.70,000 against the State; officers/district unstated.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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