# Alipur Man vs State of National Capital Territory of Delhi

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## Report card

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).

- Register number: DL 01 CW 0002
- Case reference: LPA No. 2552/2005 (against order dated 24.08.2005 in WP(Crl) 1292/2003)
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Ajit Prakash Shah, S. Muralidhar, JJ.), 2 July 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: 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
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “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.” (at para 2)
- 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/107445637/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0011)

**Record:** CW-2008-0011 (compiler id CWC-0123); case DELHI-032
**Title:** Alipur Man vs State of National Capital Territory of Delhi
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Ajit Prakash Shah; S. Muralidhar
**Case number / citation:** LPA No. 2552/2005 (against order dated 24.08.2005 in WP(Crl) 1292/2003)
**Judgment:** 2008-07-02 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-08-15 (1999)
**Place:** North Delhi, Delhi; city town: Alipur; police station or unit: Police Station Alipur, Delhi Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** 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 (7 in record)
**Victims:** Alipur man, age 47 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/107445637/)
**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:** 2
**display title redacted:** Alipur Man vs State of National Capital Territory of Delhi
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2008-07-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'LPA No. 2552/2005 (against order dated 24.08.2005 in WP(Crl) 1292/2003)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/107445637/', '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:** Lineman tortured to death over carried cash; award enhanced Rs 3L to Rs 5L with interest.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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