The Delhi High Court held that the Delhi Police violated a Rajouri Garden man's fundamental right to life under Article 21, awarding his widow [name withheld] 2 lakh in public-law damages. Sharma, arrested under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act after a scooter accident on 10 December 1992 left him with a bleeding head wound, was kept in the Rajouri Garden lock-up overnight; when he complained of severe headache at 12:30 AM he was shown to the same doctor but neither hospitalised nor treated further, and he died that afternoon after being bailed out in the morning. The Court held the police failed in their statutory duty of care toward an injured arrestee who ought to have been hospitalised or released, and left the widow free to claim further damages by civil suit. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 30 September 2002, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S.B. Sinha, A.K. Sikri, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, P.S. Rajouri Garden; Constable, P.S. Rajouri Garden, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
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“Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of this case, we are of the opinion that it is a fit case where the petitioner has been able to establish that there has been a violation of the deceased's Fundamental Right …” (para 35)
The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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