Court : Himachal Pradesh
Reported in : 1998ACJ632
Lokeshwar Singh Panta, J.1. Petitioners, namely, Dev Kala (widow), Usha, Dodi, Kolti (minor daughters), Uttami (mother), Duni Chand and Jeet Ram, brothers of deceased Bhinder Singh have filed this writ petition claiming a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- as compensation on account of the death of said Bhinder Singh in police custody by merciless beating by the police.2. The relevant facts giving rise to the present writ petition are as follows:3. On 2.6.1993 there was a robbery in village Mashara Thawa Kothi Naggar, District Kullu and Manali. Police registered case F.I.R. No. 110 of 1993 dated 4.6.1993 under Sections 457/380 Indian Penal Code. Chhaju Ram, respondent No. 4, was Station House Officer and A.S.I. Sohan Lai, respondent No. 5, was the Additional Station House Officer attached to Manali Police Station. Both these police officials had summoned Bhinder Singh amongst others in connection with the investigation of the said F.I.R. He was arrested on 5.6.1993. The petitioners have alleged tha...
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1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU R DATED THIS THE19h DAY OF JANUARY, 2023 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA WRIT PETITION No.24832 OF2022(GM - POLICE) BETWEEN: MR.KULDEEP ADVOCATE AGED ABOUT23YEARS S/O CHANDRASHEKHAR SHETTY RESIDING AT PUTHILA VILLAGE BELTHANGADY TALUK D.K.DISTRICT. ... PETITIONER (BY SRI P.P.HEGDE, SR.ADVOCATE FOR SRI GANAPATHI BHAT, ADVOCATE) AND:1. . THE STATE OF KARNATAKA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU 560 001 BY SECRETARY. 2 . THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY STATION HOUSE OFFICER PUNJALKATTE POLICE STATION2REPRESENTED BY STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGLAURU 560 001. 3 . THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT 575 001. 4 . SUTHESH K.P., SUB-INSPECTOR OF POLICE PUNJALKATTE POLICE STATION D.K. DISTRICT 575 001. ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI M.VINOD KUMAR, AGA) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES226AND227OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECTIONS TO THE STATE OF KARNATAKA / RES...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Guwahati
V.D. Gyani, Actg. C.J.1. Basic facts of this case are substantially admitted. The only difference is in the nature of defence set up by the respondents, otherwise it is an admitted position that the father of petitioner Nos. 2 to 4 and the husband of petitioner No. 1 was picked up by the army on 13.9.1997.2. While the writ petitioners' claim is that on 13.9.1997 at about 4.00 p.m. a group of army personnel came to the tea stall while Bhupen Choudhury, their father was engaged in his own tea stall, he was asked to go with them to their camp. Handing over the charge of his tea stall to one of his sons, he went with the army personnel. At the same time another person by name Krishna Sarmah was also picked up, who was the manager of another nearby tea stall. When he did not return by night, the petitioners with four other local persons went to Khairabari Army Camp around 9 a.m. They reached at the gate of the army camp and requested the sentry on duty to allow them to meet the Major. An a...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Orissa
HIGH COURT OF ORISSA: CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.7431 of 2011 In the matter of an application under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India. ---------Ritima Dehuri W/o Late Udayanath Dehuri At/PO- Kanknamendhi P.S. Banigocha, Daspala, Dist: Nayagarh Petitioner -VrsState of Orissa and others For Petitioner ... : For Opp. Parties : Opp. parties M/s M.M.Pattnaik, D.P.Mohapatra, A.K.Sahu & P.Das Government Advocate ----------- P R E S E N T: THE HONBLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE V. GOPALA GOWDA AND THE HONBLE MR. JUSTICE B.N. MAHAPATRA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Judgment:14. 03.2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B.N. MAHAPATRA, J.Petitioner, the mother of late Nalita Kumar Dehuri, who was arrested, detained and died in police custody, files this writ petition seeking for a direction to opposite parties to initiate a criminal proceeding against the erring police officers and for ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Himachal Pradesh
Reported in : 2000ACJ666
L.S. Panta, J.1. Petitioners, namely, Abhilasha (widow), Sushil Kumar and Kuldip Kumar (minor sons) of deceased Hira Singh, have filed this writ petition claiming Rs. 10,00,000 as compensation with interest at the rate of 18 per cent on account of death of said Hira Singh, who died in the forest shed alleged to have been constructed by the respondent Corporation.2. The relevant facts giving rise to the present case are as follows:Hira Singh was a registered labour supply mate of the respondent Corporation. He had been undertaking works on behalf of the respondent Corporation for felling, conversion of timber, fuel wood, manual carriage, ropeway carriage besides extraction of resin. He submitted his tender for extraction of resin for 1997-98 season. His tender was accepted by the respondent Corporation and an agreement was entered into between the parties. On 27.7.1997, Hira Singh went to the Forest Depot in Forest Division, Nerwa, for weighing the resin. When he was sitting in the fore...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Reported in : 2009(1)ALT754
ORDERGoda Raghuram, J.Competing interpretations of recurrent-contemporaneous events:1. Since the inception of the naxalite movement in Andhra Pradesh in 1969, 551 police personnel were killed including one DIG, two S.Ps, five D.S.Ps; 16 Inspectors and 49 Sub-Inspectors. 2928 civilians were killed; public and private property worth hundred of crores of rupees was destroyed; the extremist groups indulged in mindless violence and committed brutal murders. The naxal violence increased since 1991. They deliberately ambush and attack police with sophisticated firearms and explosives. In order to create terror the Maoists are also targeting functionaries of ruling political parties and killing them brutally - (counter affidavit of the Director General of Police in W.P. No. 15419/06 including Annexures 2 and 7)2. The State Executive for the first time started extra-legal killing which is popularly known as Encounter since 1968 and as on today in the name of alleged encounter the State has snat...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Chennai
(Prayer: Criminal Appeals filed under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C. challenging the conviction and sentence imposed on the appellant by the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Tiruvallur, in S.C.No.184 of 2011 dated 29.04.2015.) S. Nagamuthu, J. 1. The appellant, the sole Accused in S.C.No.184 of 2011 on the file of the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Tiruvallur, who stands convicted for offence under Sections 302 and 307 of IPC and under Section 27 of The Arms Act, 1959 and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a further period of six months for offence under Section 302 of IPC; and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a further period of six months for offence under Section 307 of IPC and to undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Reported in : 1997(2)ALD(Cri)252; 1998(1)ALT(Cri)15; 1998CriLJ46
ORDER1. The petitioner, the father of his deceased second son - G. Satish, a ninth class student of Sri Krishnaveni Residential School, Poranki, Vijayawada, and who was found to be dead on 24-2-1997 within the premises of the Residential School, has a serious grievance that it is a case of murder, where the concerned police people who are investigating the matter and the authorities of the residential school are projecting it as a case of suicide by hanging. Therefore, he is seeking a direction from this Court to the respondents 1 to 6 who are (1) The Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, (2) The Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada, (3) The Dy. Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada, (4) The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada, (5) Circle Inspector of Police, Gannavaram, Krishna district and (6) Sub-Inspector of Police, Penamaluru Police Station, Krishna district to register the F.I.R. under section 302 read with S. 34 I.P.C., 120A and 120B, I.P.C. and for a direct...
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ORDER1. Heard the learned counsels appearing for both sides.2. This writ petition has been filed praying that this Court may be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents 1 to 4 to conduct a fresh investigation and inquiry, in respect of Crime No.398/2007, pending on the file of the Inspector of Police, Thiruchengode.3. It has been stated that the petitioner is the father of N.Divya, who had died, on 16.7.2007, while she was pursuing her plus one course, in Vidya Vikas Higher Secondary School (for Girls), Thiruchengode, Namakkal District.4. It has been further stated that the petitioner s daughter, N.Divya, had died, under suspicious circumstances. Therefore, he has filed the present writ petition before this Court, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to direct the respondents 1 to 4 to conduct a fresh investigation and inquiry, in respect of Crime No.398/2007, pending on the file of the Inspector of Police, Thiurchengode.5. It has been further stated tha...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Mumbai
Reported in : 1998BomCR(Cri)95; 1997CriLJ2713
ORDERA.V. Savant, J. 1. Heard both the learned Counsel. 2. The petition is by an unfortunate father whose daughter deceased Mangaleshwari was married to Bhagwati Prasad Samwal at Ulhasnagar, Thane. It is stated in the petition that the marriage had put great financial strain on the petitioner and had virtually crippled him financially, since the petitioner was required to provide several items in lieu of dowry. It is alleged that a room at Manpada in Thane was also required to be purchased for the son-in-law Bhagwati Prasad and the petitioner had to spend Rs. 56,000/- for the room. Despite this, whenever the poor girl Mangaleshwari visited her parents, she was complaining of harassment and cruelty and demand of additional items such as sewing machine etc. Mangaleshwari was being taunted saying that if Bhagwati Prasad had married some other girl, he would have got more than Rs. 3,00,000/--as dowry. 3. In the morning of 6th July, 1996 when the petitioner visited his daughter's house viz....
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