The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Dipak Misra J.) allowed in part a writ by 3.5-year-old Richa Jethani over the death of her father [name withheld], detained without formal arrest at Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain from 29 February 2000 and found burnt at the station on the midnight of 2 March 2000. Commissioner and magisterial enquiries found criminal negligence: a privately purchased kerosene container and matchbox left accessible in the station enabled the death, and detention without arrest was illegal. The Court held the State vicariously liable under Article 21, awarded Rs 1 lakh compensation (Rs 80,000 in fixed deposit till the minor's majority), and left the State free to recover from the erring officials. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 26 July 2002 in Writ Petition No. 2693 of 2000 (J), the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Dipak Misra, J.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge), Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; Constable, Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; Constable (Sentry), Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; City Superintendent of Police, Ujjain; Superintendent of Police, Ujjain, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment dated 26 July 2002 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“On proper appreciation of the aforesaid report it rings as a bell that there was total unconcern, negligence and dereliction on the part of the concerned police officials as a result of which a Ujjain man could commit suicide.” (para n/a)
The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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