# Chandrapur Man vs State Of Odisha And Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 March 2023 in W.P.(C) No. 13508 of 2010, the Orissa High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, M.S. Raman, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, CRPF Camp Rayagada / Chandrapur Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).

- Register number: OD 18 CW 0001
- Case reference: W.P.(C) No. 13508 of 2010 / 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 38
- Court and date: Orissa High Court (Coram: S. Muralidhar, M.S. Raman, JJ.), 15 March 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, CRPF Camp Rayagada / Chandrapur Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 14 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is not a mere coincidence that the deceased tribal person who was tortured to death while in custody after being labelled a maoist with not even an iota of evidence belonged to the poorer sections of the society. He …” (at para 21)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
- 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/55271959/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0005)

**Record:** CW-2023-0005 (compiler id CWC-0280); case EAST---NORTHEAST-007; aliases: CWC-0869
**Title:** Chandrapur Man vs State Of Odisha And Others
**Court:** Orissa High Court; judges: S. Muralidhar; M.S. Raman
**Case number / citation:** W.P.(C) No. 13508 of 2010 / 2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 38
**Judgment:** 2023-03-15 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2010-06-03 (2010)
**Place:** Rayagada, Odisha; city town: Chandrapur; police station or unit: Chandrapur Police Station / CRPF camp, Rayagada; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 14; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 22
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, CRPF Camp Rayagada / Chandrapur Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chandrapur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Orissa High Court records the following account. Kandha tribal man a Chandrapur man, collecting firewood, was caught by CRPF personnel during combing operations near Gudari-Chandrapur, brought to the Chandrapur camp and mercilessly beaten, dying on 03-06-2010. The Orissa High Court (Chief Justice's bench) rejected the exhaustion-after-long-walk story, relying on post-mortem injuries, the failure to explain custody injuries, and violation of Articles 14, 21 and 22 first by the CRPF and then the police. Holding both jointly liable for torturing him to death in custody after labelling him a Maoist, it awarded Rs 10 lakh total (Rs 5 lakh each by CRPF and Odisha State Police) within eight weeks (6% interest on delay). It also urged inquiry against government doctors who gave a questionable medical report. (Force recorded as state_police; liability joint with CRPF.). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is not a mere coincidence that the deceased tribal person who was tortured to death while in custody after being labelled a maoist with not even an iota of evidence belonged to the poorer sections of the society. He had no one to represent his interests or to give him legal assistance while in custody. The legal system appears to have completely failed him.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/55271959/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/orissa-high-court-custodial-death-tribal-man-compensation-wife-crpf-violation-of-article-22-of-constitution-legal-aid-224018); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/maria-kadaisma-kadaiska-salmina-v-state-of-odisha-15-march-2023-463947.pdf)
**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:** 21
**display title redacted:** Chandrapur Man vs State Of Odisha 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}; {'date': '2026-09-25', 'scope': 'Audit fix: duplicate record CW-2023-0038 (same court, case number and judgment date) merged into this record; its sources are kept here and its URL redirects here.'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-03-15', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Orissa High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Orissa High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 1,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2023 LiveLaw (Ori) 38', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-25
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/55271959/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/orissa-high-court-custodial-death-tribal-man-compensation-wife-crpf-violation-of-article-22-of-constitution-legal-aid-224018', '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:** Orissa HC (CJ bench) held tribal man tortured to death in custody; Rs 10L joint CRPF + Odisha police liability.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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