CW-2024-0020Raipur, ChhattisgarhJudgment 21 November 2024

Raipur Man v. State of Chhattisgarh

Replace tagline with State case (paras 5, 7: suicide by Salphas tablet, no atrocity, DE ongoing against SHO); attribute third-degree passage to the court (para 15). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 21 November 2024 in WPC No. 1450 of 2013, the Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Amitendra Kishore Prasad, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

Register number
CG 04 CW 0002
Case reference
WPC No. 1450 of 2013
Court and date
Chhattisgarh High Court (Coram: Amitendra Kishore Prasad, J.), 21 November 2024
Officer(s) at the material time
Not identified in the cited sources (Central Jail, Raipur (then-SHO, Raipur found negligent in departmental enquiry))
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 32 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“When the person is taking into custody, it is the paramount duty of the police to keep him safely. If there is any dereliction of that duty, then undoubtedly the onus will be on the police to show that there …” (at para 17)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Chhattisgarh High Court judgment dated 21 November 2024 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

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.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“When the person is taking into custody, it is the paramount duty of the police to keep him safely. If there is any dereliction of that duty, then undoubtedly the onus will be on the police to show that there …” (para 17)

Institutional response

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21 Nov 2024

Order issued

Concluded
Chhattisgarh High Court External · Binding

The Chhattisgarh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: WPC No. 1450 of 2013
Not yet re-checked.

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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