# Haflong Woman vs The State of Assam and 4 Ors

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## Report card

By judgment dated 3 June 2026 in WP(C)/392/2024, the Gauhati High Court (Coram: K.R. Surana, Shamima Jahan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 7 police personnel, namely: Superintendent of Police (then SP, Dima Hasao), Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Deputy Superintendent of Police (then DySP), Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Sub-Inspector, Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000).

- Register number: AS 08 CW 0001
- Case reference: WP(C)/392/2024 / 2026:GAU-AS:7734-DB
- Court and date: Gauhati High Court (Coram: K.R. Surana, Shamima Jahan, JJ.), 3 June 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police (then SP, Dima Hasao), Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Deputy Superintendent of Police (then DySP), Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Sub-Inspector, Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 98(A) of the Assam Police Act, 2007; Section 99(3) of the Assam Police Act, 2007; Section 99(5) of the Assam Police Act, 2007
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The investigation was conducted and the police officials namely \[name withheld\], the then Superintendent of Police, \[name withheld\], the then Deputy Superintendent of Police, \[name withheld\], the then Sub-inspector of Police, Constable \[name withheld\], C/N \[name withheld\], Constable \[name withheld\], …” (at para 24)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/112938816/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0025)

**Record:** CW-2026-0025 (compiler id CWC-0016); case SWENFORC-010
**Title:** Haflong Woman vs The State of Assam and 4 Ors
**Court:** Gauhati High Court; judges: K.R. Surana; Shamima Jahan
**Case number / citation:** WP(C)/392/2024 / 2026:GAU-AS:7734-DB
**Judgment:** 2026-06-03 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2020-04-24 (2020)
**Place:** Dima Hasao, Assam; city town: Haflong; police station or unit: Sarkari Bagan Town Outpost, Haflong; SP Office, Dima Hasao; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 120B; IPC 365; IPC 302; IPC 304A; IPC 201; IPC 34; Assam Police Act 2007 s.98(A); Assam Police Act 2007 s.99(3); Assam Police Act 2007 s.99(5)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police (then SP, Dima Hasao), Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Deputy Superintendent of Police (then DySP), Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Sub-Inspector, Dima Hasao, Assam Police; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion; Constable, Assam Battalion (7 in record)
**Victims:** Haflong man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25 lakh (Rs 25,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Division Bench held seven Assam Police personnel, led by the then Superintendent of Police \[name withheld\], involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder in custody of a Haflong man, picked up at gunpoint from his home on 24 April 2020. Relying on CID Charge Sheet No. 6 of 2021, the Court found the victim was interrogated and tortured in the SP office CDR room, beaten with lathis, died in a police vehicle on 25 April 2020, and his body was buried in a jungle while General Diary pages were torn to destroy evidence. Holding the Article 21 violation established without awaiting the criminal trial, the Court awarded Rs 20 lakh in addition to Rs 5 lakh interim already paid (Rs 25 lakh total palliative award), recoverable from erring officials found guilty. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The investigation was conducted and the police officials namely \[name withheld\], the then Superintendent of Police, \[name withheld\], the then Deputy Superintendent of Police, \[name withheld\], the then Sub-inspector of Police, Constable \[name withheld\], C/N \[name withheld\], Constable \[name withheld\], C/N \[name withheld\], were found involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder of the victim.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/112938816/)
**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:** 24
**display title redacted:** Haflong Woman vs The State of Assam and 4 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': '2026-06-03', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gauhati High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gauhati High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 2,500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2026:GAU-AS:7734-DB', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/112938816/', '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:** Division Bench held 7 Assam Police personnel led by then SP Dima Hasao responsible for kidnapping, torture and custodial murder of a Haflong man; Rs 25 lakh total palliative award.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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