A Gondia man @ a Gondia man died in the custody of Gondia City police in December 1995 during interrogation; seven police personnel were convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Gondia in February 1997 under Sections 304/34 IPC, convictions later confirmed up to the Supreme Court. His widow [name withheld] filed this compensation writ in 2002 for herself and five minor children. The State conceded the seven officers were solely responsible for the custodial death and contested only the quantum. The Nagpur Bench held the State vicariously liable and directed deposit of Rs. 1,06,000 per child (less Rs. 32,000 each already received, i.e. Rs. 3,70,000 net) with 6% interest plus Rs. 6,000 costs per petitioner, holding fine-compensation from the criminal trial would not set off this award. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 5 August 2011 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 293 of 2002, the Bombay High Court (Coram: A.H. Joshi, J.) returned findings adverse to 7 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Head Constable, Gondia City Police Station; Police Constable, Gondia City Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3.7 lakh (Rs 3,70,000).
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The Bombay High Court judgment dated 5 August 2011 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Holding not recorded separately.
“We direct that the amount payable by respondents be deposited by the State within ninety days from the date of this Judgment in the District Court, Gondia, along with interest thereon @ 6% per annum.” (para 38)
The Bombay High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 370,000.
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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