The Delhi High Court Division Bench (Dalveer Bhandari, J.) dismissed the State's appeal as devoid of merit and upheld Rs. 3,50,000 ex-gratia compensation for the custodial death of a Seelampur man Summoned to PS Seelampur at 5 PM on 27 August 1994 and locked up at 7:50 PM, he died during interrogation the same night with multiple ante-mortem injuries and was brought dead to hospital at 00:40 AM; a Section 176 CrPC magisterial inquiry confirmed death in police custody. The Court recorded that the State and its functionaries caused the death in custody, holding the brutality precipitated his fatal condition despite a heart ailment, and rebuked the State for appealing a just and reasonable award instead of graciously accepting it.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 22 May 2004 in Letters Patent Appeal against Single Judge writ judgment (2004 CriLJ 3092), the Delhi High Court (Coram: Dalveer Bhandari, R.C. Jain, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3.5 lakh (Rs 3,50,000).
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“From the entire material on record it is clear that the death of the husband of the respondent can be clearly termed as custodial death and even if the deceased was suffering from the heart problem, the brutality inflicted upon …” (para 7)
The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 350,000.
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