# \[name withheld\] & Anr. Lamlai Man Ongbi Gambhini Devi

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 November 2006 in First Appeal against Money Suit No. 3 of 1985 (31 of 2002), the Gauhati High Court (Coram: B. D. Agarwal, J.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Officer-in-charge, Lamlai Police Station; Armed Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station; Naik, Lamlai Police Station; Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station; Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MN 06 CW 0001
- Case reference: First Appeal against Money Suit No. 3 of 1985 (31 of 2002) / (2007) CriLJ 1491
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: B. D. Agarwal, J.), 29 November 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector, Officer-in-charge, Lamlai Police Station; Armed Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station; Naik, Lamlai Police Station; Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station; Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 366 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 25(1)(a) of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 46 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In other words, the amount of compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs is hereby maintained. However, it is made clear that the plaintiff/respondent No. 1 shall not be entitled to any interest thereon till date. The State is directed to make …” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/1667853/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0030)

**Record:** CW-2006-0030 (compiler id CWC-1309); case GAP3-93-002
**Title:** \[name withheld\] & Anr. Lamlai Man Ongbi Gambhini Devi
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; bench: Imphal; judges: B. D. Agarwal
**Case number / citation:** First Appeal against Money Suit No. 3 of 1985 (31 of 2002) / (2007) CriLJ 1491
**Judgment:** 2006-11-29 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1983-06-13 (1983)
**Place:** Imphal East, Manipur; city town: Lamlai; police station or unit: Lamlai Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 366; IPC 34; IPC 304-A; Arms Act s.25(1)(a); CrPC 46
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, Officer-in-charge, Lamlai Police Station; Armed Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station; Naik, Lamlai Police Station; Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station; Police Constable, Lamlai Police Station (5 in record)
**Victims:** Lamlai man, age 25 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. On 13 June 1983 a Lamlai police party went to arrest a Lamlai man, 25, in a kidnapping case; when he fled, constables chased and fired, one bullet hit him and he died on the way to hospital. The criminal case under section 304-A IPC ended with the Officer-in-charge discharged and the constable acquitted, but the deceased's mother won a Rs.5 lakh money-suit decree against the five officers. On 29 November 2006 the High Court held that where a government servant causes death in violation of law while on duty, the State must compensate first and may recover from the erring servants. It maintained the Rs.5 lakh award (no interest) but modified the decree so the State of Manipur pays within three months, recoverable from the officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In other words, the amount of compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs is hereby maintained. However, it is made clear that the plaintiff/respondent No. 1 shall not be entitled to any interest thereon till date. The State is directed to make the aforesaid payment within 3 (three) months from today.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1667853/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/430707/nangkhujam-mungsong-and-another-appellant-hash-smt-thokchom-ongbi-gambhini-devi-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 19
**display title redacted:** \[name withheld\] & Anr. Lamlai Man Ongbi Gambhini Devi
**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': '2006-11-29', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gauhati High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2007) CriLJ 1491', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1667853/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/430707/nangkhujam-mungsong-and-another-appellant-hash-smt-thokchom-ongbi-gambhini-devi-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** Rs.5L award for death by police firing maintained; State ordered to pay within 3 months.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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