The Allahabad High Court (Division Bench, 7-2-2001) held that the beating of a Girwan man, aged 42, by the Station House Officer and head constable of Police Station Girwan, Banda, on 12 April 1994, causing head injuries that led to his death on 14 April 1994, breached his fundamental right to life under Article 21. The court found the head injuries were apparently on account of custodial violence in the police station and applied the strict-liability principle in Nilabati Behera and D.K. Basu. It ordered the State to pay the widow Rs.1,50,000 compensation within three months (in addition to Rs.10,000 ex gratia already paid), with liberty to be indemnified by the wrongdoers, without prejudice to the pending criminal trial. The court also directed the State to arrest the two absconding policemen and inquire into salary payments to them with disciplinary action against those responsible. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 7 February 2001 in C.M.W.P. No. 13814 of 1998, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Binod Kumar Roy, D. R. Chaudhary, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, Police Station Girwan, Banda; Head Constable, Police Station Girwan, Banda, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
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“The injuries on head are apparently on account of custodial violence in the police station. From the materials on the record, this much is clear to us that a Girwan man's fundamental right to have liberty of life was breached …” (para 7)
The Allahabad High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.
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