CW-2006-0007Karbi Anglong, AssamJudgment 31 July 2006

Diphu Boy vs State of Assam and Ors.

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. fix duplicated phrase '14-year-old Class IX student a 14-year-old boy'; state police version (accidental fall from bamboo bridge — paras 13, 16). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 31 July 2006, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: B. Sudershan Reddy, J.) returned findings adverse to the Officer-in-Charge (respondent No. 3), Diphu Police Station, Karbi Anglong, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

Register number
AS 09 CW 0001
Case reference
(2006) 3 GLR 810
Court and date
Gauhati High Court (Coram: B. Sudershan Reddy, J.), 31 July 2006
Officer(s) at the material time
Officer-in-Charge (respondent No. 3), Diphu Police Station, Karbi Anglong
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“It is a clear case where only conclusion that could eventually be drawn is that the petitioner's brother was taken into custody by the 3rd respondent and other police personnel in connection with the investigation into the Diphu P.S. Case …” (at para 24)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Gauhati High Court judgment dated 31 July 2006 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“It is a clear case where only conclusion that could eventually be drawn is that the petitioner's brother was taken into custody by the 3rd respondent and other police personnel in connection with the investigation into the Diphu P.S. Case …” (para 24)

Institutional response

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31 Jul 2006

Order issued

Concluded
Gauhati High Court External · Binding

The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2006) 3 GLR 810
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(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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