The Bombay High Court held that undertrial a Bhandara man died a custodial death in Central Jail, Bhandara after five named personnel forced him into wrestling practice, fracturing his waist and neck bones; he was hospitalised in January 2000 and death was reported on 8 February 2000. The court found him a victim of barbaric treatment by servants of the State and directed the State to pay his widow Rs. 3,00,000 compensation plus Rs. 2,000 costs. It further ordered an inquiry fixing responsibility, recovery of the sum from those responsible, and initiation of legal proceedings against all persons responsible for the death, with compliance reports due in 2003-2004. A criminal proceeding against one jail staff member was already on record. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 30 April 2003 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 287 of 2000, the Bombay High Court (Coram: R.M.S. Khandeparkar, J., P.S. Brahme, J., JJ.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara; Police personnel, Central Jail, Bhandara, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 30 April 2003 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“The deceased being victim of barbaric treatment by the servants of the State, it is primarily the responsibility of the State to pay the compensation with the right to recover the same from its servants who are responsible for the …” (para 22)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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