a 13-year-old girl, a 13-year-old Gond tribal girl, was seized from her home at midnight in 1990, hanged from a tree in the Keshori forest and beaten unconscious, then illegally detained for years with her arrest recorded only in 1993 and falsely implicated in three serious cases including under TADA, all ending in acquittal by the Juvenile Court for want of evidence. The Court rejected the State's cover-up, holding the detention, torture and false prosecution corroborated and monitored with senior officers' tacit consent. It ordered the State to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation plus Rs 10,000 costs within four weeks. It further directed a DIG-led Special Investigation Team of the State CID, including a lady SP, to fix responsibility, prosecute the guilty officers and recover the compensation, with an action-taken report in six months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 10 January 2006, the Bombay High Court (Coram: J.N. Patel, R.C. Chavan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Police Station Officer, Arjuni (Mor) Police Station, Gondia; Police Officer, Chichgarh, Deori, Gondia, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 10 January 2006 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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.
Holding not recorded separately.
“In our considered opinion, the contentions of the petitioner that she was arrested, illegally detained and tortured and thereafter falsely implicated in these three cases stand well corroborated and there is no reason to disbelieve her on this count.” (para 18)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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