The Jharkhand High Court held it established and admitted that tribal villager a Garu man died of police firing during a 12 June 2021 hunting expedition near Piri village, Latehar, where security personnel allegedly fired without warning, shot him again across the river and falsely implicated villagers. Finding the CID closure of the case against named police officials lacking in bona fide and at least section 304 IPC applicable, the Court set it aside and ordered a de novo investigation by a fresh untainted team. It awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation to widow [name withheld] while declining a CBI probe. Individual culpability awaits the fresh investigation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 14 August 2023, the Jharkhand High Court (Coram: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
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“In view of Annexure-D, it is an admitted fact that Bramhadeo Singh died due to bullet injury caused by the police. The FIR has already been registered against the erring police officials and the case has been closed saying the …” (para 10)
The Jharkhand High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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