CW-2006-0008Karbi Anglong, AssamJudgment 29 August 2006

Bokajan Woman v. State of Assam and Others

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. add police version (denied picking her up; encounter with ULFA camp, blood trails, no arrest — paras 7-10); keep: habeas petition, 20.4.2005 Kalapahar operation, never produced, Rs 2L to parents via RG in 2 months + recovery after enquiry, DGP case+CBI in 1 week, compliance in 3 weeks, Rs 10,000 costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 29 August 2006, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: B. Sudershan Reddy, J.) returned findings adverse to the Additional Superintendent of Police, Assam Police, Bokajan operation, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

Register number
AS 09 CW 0003
Case reference
(2007) 1 GLR 453
Court and date
Gauhati High Court (Coram: B. Sudershan Reddy, J.), 29 August 2006
Officer(s) at the material time
Additional Superintendent of Police, Assam Police, Bokajan operation
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“On the facts and in the circumstances we hold that the violation of Article 21 in the instant case is patent and incontrovertible and it is of a magnitude that shocks the conscience of the court.” (at para 29)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Gauhati High Court judgment dated 29 August 2006 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“On the facts and in the circumstances we hold that the violation of Article 21 in the instant case is patent and incontrovertible and it is of a magnitude that shocks the conscience of the court.” (para 29)

Institutional response

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29 Aug 2006

Order issued

Concluded
Gauhati High Court External · Binding

The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2007) 1 GLR 453
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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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