CW-2022-0024Hooghly, West BengalJudgment 23 December 2022

G.T. Road between Shrirampur and Belur Woman v. State of West Bengal & Ors.

The judgment of the Calcutta High Court records the following account. At midnight on 3 September 2003, 35-year-old scrap dealer a G.T. Road between Shrirampur and Belur man was shot dead by Constable on G.T. Road for riding past a vehicle check; the constable was separately convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. An Executive Magistrate inquiry under the Police Regulations of Bengal found the firing wholly unjustified, brutal and excessive, but no follow-up action was taken. The Single Bench awarded Rs 3,00,000 in 2015 (paid only in 2016); the Division Bench held the Article 21 violation indisputably established and directed an additional Rs 5,00,000 (Rs 8,00,000 total) within 60 days, noting thirteen years of delay. Compensation recorded here is the Rs 5,00,000 ordered by this judgment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 23 December 2022 in FMA No. 3613 of 2015 (Single Bench: W.P. No. 8925(W) of 2009), the Calcutta High Court (Coram: T.S. Sivagnanam, Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Constable, West Bengal Police (vehicle-check party), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

Register number
WB 15 CW 0003
Case reference
FMA No. 3613 of 2015 (Single Bench: W.P. No. 8925(W) of 2009)
Court and date
Calcutta High Court (Coram: T.S. Sivagnanam, Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, JJ.), 23 December 2022
Officer(s) at the material time
Constable, West Bengal Police (vehicle-check party)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The Executive Magistrate's report which has been referred to by the learned Single Bench clearly shows that the writ petitioner's son was done to death by police personnel using a firearm and there was absolutely no justification to use the …” (at para 7)
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.

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The Calcutta High Court judgment dated 23 December 2022 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

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What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The Executive Magistrate's report which has been referred to by the learned Single Bench clearly shows that the writ petitioner's son was done to death by police personnel using a firearm and there was absolutely no justification to use the …” (para 7)

Institutional response

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23 Dec 2022

Order issued

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Calcutta High Court External · Binding

The Calcutta High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: FMA No. 3613 of 2015 (Single Bench: W.P. No. 8925(W) of 2009)
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(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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