BHUBANESWAR: In a noteworthy judgment, the High Court directed the State Government on Wednesday to give Rs five lakh as compensation to the families of Lalit Dehury who died in the Chamakhandi police custody last year.
The court also directed the Government to deposit 75 per cent of total money as fixed deposit in bank and the rest 25 per cent will be given as cash.
It may be noted that on February 28 last year, the officials of Chamakhandi police station of Ganjam district had allegedly arrested Lalit Dehury for keeping weapons illegally in his possession, but on the very next day he was found dead inside the police station.
Protesting the police behaviour and alleging the hand of the police in the custodial death, the family members of Dehury had appealed the High Court.
Similarly, a judgment was given by the High Court on Tuesday in the case of UTP death of Rajkishore Parida of Injana village under Mancheswar police station here who had allegedly died of negligence in jail on November 5, 2003. The court had directed Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the kin of Parida.
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