# Rowta Man vs State of Assam and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 19 December 2007, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: J. Chelameswar, B.P. Katakey, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-Charge, respondent No. 6), Rowta Out Post, Udalguri PS, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: AS 27 CW 0001
- Case reference: 2008 (1) GLT 338
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: J. Chelameswar, B.P. Katakey, JJ.), 19 December 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-Charge, respondent No. 6), Rowta Out Post, Udalguri PS
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “it is conclusively proved that a Rowta man died in police custody due to the torture.” (at para 13)
- 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1479024/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0017)

**Record:** CW-2007-0017 (compiler id CWC-0020); case EAST---NORTHEAST-001
**Title:** Rowta Man vs State of Assam and Ors.
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; judges: J. Chelameswar; B.P. Katakey
**Case number / citation:** 2008 (1) GLT 338
**Judgment:** 2007-12-19 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-12-20 (2000)
**Place:** Udalguri, Assam (district at time: Darrang); city town: Rowta; police station or unit: Rowta Outpost, Udalguri Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-Charge, respondent No. 6), Rowta Out Post, Udalguri PS (1 in record)
**Victims:** Rowta man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. remove 'Sub-Inspector' naming unless sourced; state police version (para 8). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> it is conclusively proved that a Rowta man died in police custody due to the torture.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1479024/)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Rowta Man vs State of Assam 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2007-12-19', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2008 (1) GLT 338', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1479024/', '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:** Division Bench held SI (OC Rowta Out Post) responsible for custodial torture-death of a Rowta man; Rs 3 lakh total (Rs 2.25 lakh balance after AHRC Rs 75,000).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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