# Khoirabari Man vs State of Assam and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 August 2010, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: Hrishikesh Roy, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).

- Register number: AS 13 CW 0003
- Case reference: (2010) 4 GLT 506
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: Hrishikesh Roy, J.), 20 August 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Khoirabari Police Station, Darrang)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Considering the fact that the deceased was employed as a teacher and was the sole bread earner of the family, I deem it appropriate to order for payment of compensation quantified at Rs. 2,50,000/- (Rupees two lakh fifty thousand only) …” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
- 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://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56eaac31607dba3c8ce411d4); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0017)

**Record:** CW-2010-0017 (compiler id CWC-0552); case EAST---NORTHEAST-004
**Title:** Khoirabari Man vs State of Assam and Others
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; judges: Hrishikesh Roy
**Case number / citation:** (2010) 4 GLT 506
**Judgment:** 2010-08-20 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1995-01-19 (1995)
**Place:** Darrang, Assam; city town: Khoirabari; police station or unit: Khoirabari Police Station, Darrang; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Khoirabari man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Gauhati High Court records the following account. rewrite: continuous custody 16-19.1.95 with manipulated GD entries/PR bond (paras 8.3-8.6, 12, 14); post-mortem inconclusive so torture-death not established with certainty (para 15); State vicariously liable for failure to protect + D.K. Basu violations (paras 16-18); Rs 2,50,000 by 1.11.2010 (para 19); police version (release on PR bond, re-arrest near station, chest pain/faint — para 8.1) must be stated; delete paywall/confidence commentary. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Considering the fact that the deceased was employed as a teacher and was the sole bread earner of the family, I deem it appropriate to order for payment of compensation quantified at Rs. 2,50,000/- (Rupees two lakh fifty thousand only) to be paid by the State on or before 1.11.2010 to the Petitioner.

**Sources (2):** [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56eaac31607dba3c8ce411d4); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/416189/basanti-kalita-appellant-hash-state-of-assam-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Khoirabari Man vs State of Assam and Others
**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': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2010-08-20', '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 250,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2010) 4 GLT 506', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56eaac31607dba3c8ce411d4', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/416189/basanti-kalita-appellant-hash-state-of-assam-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Operative part corroborated by 2 mirror snippets (full text paywalled); Rs 2.5L for custodial death.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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