# Mangaldoi Man vs State of Assam and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 July 2011 in WP(C) No. 6426 of 2002, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: Madan B. Lokur, H. Baruah, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Constable (No. 1345), Mangaldoi PS, Darrang, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: AS 13 CW 0004
- Case reference: WP(C) No. 6426 of 2002 / (2012) 1 GLD 58
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: Madan B. Lokur, H. Baruah, JJ.), 29 July 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Constable (No. 1345), Mangaldoi PS, Darrang
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “the police beating after their apprehension cannot be ruled out and for that no clean chit can be recorded in their favour.” (at para 15)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- 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.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/429007/musstt-anowara-begum-appellant-hash-state-of-assam-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0013)

**Record:** CW-2011-0013 (compiler id CWC-0030); case ASSAM-017
**Title:** Mangaldoi Man vs State of Assam and Others
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; judges: Madan B. Lokur; H. Baruah
**Case number / citation:** WP(C) No. 6426 of 2002 / (2012) 1 GLD 58
**Judgment:** 2011-07-29 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-07-13 (1999)
**Place:** Darrang, Assam; city town: Mangaldoi; police station or unit: Mangaldoi Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Sub-Inspector, Mangaldoi PS, Darrang; Constable (No. 1345), Mangaldoi PS, Darrang (4 in record)
**Victims:** Mangaldoi man; Mangaldoi man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Gauhati High Court awarded Rs 1,50,000 to the widow of rickshaw puller a Mangaldoi man, who died after a Mangaldoi police party led by SI apprehended him and his brother at Gariapara on 13 July 1999. The police claimed a mob had manhandled the alleged dacoits, but villagers deposed that the police beat them with rifle butts, branches and kicks, and the post-mortem recorded nine injuries including a fractured rib and blood-filled thoracic cavity. Accepting the magisterial enquiry's conclusion that police beating after apprehension could not be ruled out, the Court held that no clean chit could be given to the personnel and saddled the State with compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> the police beating after their apprehension cannot be ruled out and for that no clean chit can be recorded in their favour.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/429007/musstt-anowara-begum-appellant-hash-state-of-assam-and-others-respondent/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b49520607dba348f0110e8)
**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:** 15
**display title redacted:** Mangaldoi 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2011-07-29', '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 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2012) 1 GLD 58', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/429007/musstt-anowara-begum-appellant-hash-state-of-assam-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b49520607dba348f0110e8', '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:** Post-apprehension police beating not ruled out; Rs 1.5L verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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