A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court enhanced compensation to Rs 5 lakh with 9% interest for the custodial torture-murder of HSEB lineman an Alipur man (47) at PS Alipur. Picked up at dawn on Independence Day 1999 while carrying cash withdrawn for his cancer-dead sister's family, he was beaten through the day with third-degree methods and declared brought dead that evening with bruises over two-thirds of his body. The SHO, an SI, a head constable and four constables were suspended with a criminal case and Crime Branch probe, and a doctors' panel twice confirmed custodial death. Treating the claim as violation of Article 21 rather than ex gratia, the Court enhanced the Single Judge's Rs 3 lakh award. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 2 July 2008 in LPA No. 2552/2005 (against order dated 24.08.2005 in WP(Crl) 1292/2003), the Delhi High Court (Coram: Ajit Prakash Shah, S. Muralidhar, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 7 police personnel, namely: SHO, Police Station Alipur, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, Police Station Alipur, Delhi Police; Head Constable, Police Station Alipur, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Alipur, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Alipur, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Alipur, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Alipur, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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“It appears that during his interrogation and questioning by the police, he was beaten up and tortured and third degree methods were used as a result of which he suffered severe bodily injuries.” (para 2)
The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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