# Suhela, Village Bhalesur Man vs State Of Chhattisgarh And Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 July 2006, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: S.R. Nayak, D.R. Deshmukh, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 6 police personnel, namely: Station House Officer, PS Suhela, Raipur; Sub-Inspector, PS Suhela, Raipur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, PS Suhela, Raipur; Constable (No. 417), PS Suhela, Raipur; Constable (No. 243), PS Suhela, Raipur; Head Constable (No. 1337), PS Suhela, Raipur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).

- Register number: CG 04 CW 0001
- Case reference: 2006 CriLJ 4372; 2006(3) MPHT 79
- Court and date: Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: S.R. Nayak, D.R. Deshmukh, JJ.), 20 July 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Station House Officer, PS Suhela, Raipur; Sub-Inspector, PS Suhela, Raipur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, PS Suhela, Raipur; Constable (No. 417), PS Suhela, Raipur; Constable (No. 243), PS Suhela, Raipur; Head Constable (No. 1337), PS Suhela, Raipur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We direct the State of Chhattisgarh to pay to the widow of the deceased and their three minor children compensation of Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rupees ten lakhs only) within a month.” (at para 28(c))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1455919/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0006)

**Record:** CW-2006-0006 (compiler id CWC-0071); case CHHATT-001
**Title:** Suhela, Village Bhalesur Man vs State Of Chhattisgarh And Ors
**Court:** Chhattisgarh High Court; judges: S.R. Nayak; D.R. Deshmukh
**Case number / citation:** 2006 CriLJ 4372; 2006(3) MPHT 79
**Judgment:** 2006-07-20 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2004-08-12 (2004)
**Place:** Raipur, Chhattisgarh; city town: Suhela, village Bhalesur; police station or unit: Police Station Suhela; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Station House Officer, PS Suhela, Raipur; Sub-Inspector, PS Suhela, Raipur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, PS Suhela, Raipur; Constable (No. 417), PS Suhela, Raipur; Constable (No. 243), PS Suhela, Raipur; Head Constable (No. 1337), PS Suhela, Raipur (6 in record)
**Victims:** Suhela, village Bhalesur man, age 26 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Chhattisgarh High Court (Division Bench) allowed a public interest writ highlighting the custodial death of a Suhela, village Bhalesur man, a 26-year-old tribal agricultural labourer, at Police Station Suhela. Picked up on suspicion of petty theft of goods worth Rs. 972, he was illegally detained without arrest being recorded, mercilessly beaten by ASI and other staff, paraded handcuffed through villages on August 11, 2004, and found dead in the lock-up toilet on August 13, 2004 in a staged hanging the Court disbelieved, with a false autopsy prepared at the ASI's behest. Holding the State liable in public law, the Court directed payment of Rs. 10,00,000 compensation to the widow and three minor children within a month (sums already paid adjusted), ordered the CBI to register a case and investigate, and directed departmental enquiries against the six named police personnel. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We direct the State of Chhattisgarh to pay to the widow of the deceased and their three minor children compensation of Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rupees ten lakhs only) within a month.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1455919/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/896348/forum-for-fact-finding-documentation-and-advocacy-vs-state-o/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 28(c)
**display title redacted:** Suhela, Village Bhalesur Man vs State Of Chhattisgarh And Ors
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2006-07-20', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Chhattisgarh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Chhattisgarh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2006 CriLJ 4372; 2006(3) MPHT 79', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1455919/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/896348/forum-for-fact-finding-documentation-and-advocacy-vs-state-o/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Chhattisgarh HC (PIL) held tribal man a Suhela, village Bhalesur man died of custodial torture at PS Suhela, awarded Rs. 10 lakh compensation and ordered CBI probe.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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