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

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/127584471/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0024)

**Record:** CW-2022-0024 (compiler id CWC-0563); case SWFAKEEN-028
**Title:** G.T. Road between Shrirampur and Belur Woman v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
**Court:** Calcutta High Court; judges: T.S. Sivagnanam; Hiranmay Bhattacharyya
**Case number / citation:** FMA No. 3613 of 2015 (Single Bench: W.P. No. 8925(W) of 2009)
**Judgment:** 2022-12-23 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-09-03 (2003)
**Place:** Hooghly, West Bengal; city town: G.T. Road between Shrirampur and Belur; police station or unit: West Bengal Police (vehicle-check party, Shrirampur-Belur; PS Case No. 128 of 2003); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, West Bengal Police (vehicle-check party) (1 in record)
**Victims:** G.T. Road between Shrirampur and Belur man, age 35 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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 firearm and the same was held to be brutal and excessive.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/127584471/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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:** 7
**display title redacted:** G.T. Road between Shrirampur and Belur Woman v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
**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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2022-12-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Calcutta High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Calcutta High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'FMA No. 3613 of 2015 (Single Bench: W.P. No. 8925(W) of 2009)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/127584471/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**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:** Unjustified midnight shooting by constable (already life-convicted); HC added Rs 5L.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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