A.H. Joshi, J.

1. One suspect Nitin Patil died in custody of police. The remand to police custody, which was last in sequence, was sought by Police for investigation of a crime registered by Police Station, Ramtek. This petition is filed by father, mother, wife and younger brother of deceased Nitin Patil.

2. Petitioners claim various reliefs on account of custodial death of Nitin Patil.

3. The factual aspects relied upon by the petitioners are summarized as follows:-

[a] In the year 2000, Nitin was waiting at the bus stop while on way to hostel at Ramtek. He was arrested by Kanhan police and was falsely implicated in six criminal cases.

[b] At the time of opposing bail, the police had painted Nitin Patil as a ‘habitual offender’. Therefore, Court had imposed a condition of reporting to Police Station with certain intervals, when he was released on bail in all these cases.

[c] While in the process of reporting for attendance, police at Kanhan Police Station deployed him for collecting bribe money from truck drivers. The policemen used to pay Rs.40/- per day to Nitin for the said work.

[d] One day, Nitin Patil saw Mr. Yadav, a similarly placed person, losing his life i