The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 15,00,000 each to the families of a New Delhi man and a New Delhi man, the two businessmen killed in the Connaught Place fake encounter of 31 March 1997, holding the State's liability to compensate for the callous and wanton killing undoubted. With ten Crime Branch policemen led by ACP Satyavir Singh Rathi already convicted of murder at trial, the Court computed pecuniary dependency with CPI-indexed non-pecuniary compensation, interest and costs. It held that criminal trial, disciplinary action and constitutional-court reparation are three independent facets of accountability, and expressed surprise that Delhi Police rules let convicted murderers remain in service pending appeal.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 4 July 2011 in W.P.(C) Nos. 4756 & 5405/1997, the Delhi High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, J.) returned findings adverse to 10 police personnel, namely: Satyavir Singh Rathi (Assistant Commissioner of Police); Anil Kumar (Inspector); Police personnel, Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi Police; Shiv Kumar (Head Constable); Police personnel, Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi Police; Sunil Kumar (Constable); Subhash Chand (Constable); Police personnel, Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi Police; Sumer Singh (Constable), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 30 lakh (Rs 30,00,000).
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“a sum of Rs. 15 lakhs being the compensation amount payable to the Petitioner and her two children. The Registrar General will within a week thereafter pay Rs. 5,00,000/- each to Jaspal Kaur and her two children on proper identification.” (para 33)
The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 3,000,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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