ELIPE DHARMA RAO, J.

( 1 ) MARRI Yadamma, widow of the deceased Janardhan Reddy, and her two minor daughters, filed this writ petition for issuance of writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to pay monetary compensation of Rs. 2. 00 lakhs for the untimely death of her husband as a result of constitutional tort committed by the respondents in not providing accurate medical treatment to save the life which resulted in negligent death of her husband.

( 2 ) CONSEQUENT upon Rule Nisi issued by this Court, Sri Chintakayala Ramakrishna Rao, Superintendent of Jails, Central Prison, Secunderabad and Dr. M. Meher Prasad, who treated the deceased during the period of confinement in jail filed counter-affidavits.

( 3 ) THE facts in nutshell are that late Janardhan Reddy was arrested by the Ibrahimpatnam Police on the complaint that he committed theft along with some other persons and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ibrahim-patnam, on 10-7-1994 who remanded him in Crime Nos. 76 of 1993 and 116 of 1993 of Manchal and Ibrahimpatnam Police Stations respectively and since then the deceased was in judicial custody as under-trial prisoner No. 2799. It is further stated t

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