ADITYA KUMAR TRIVEDI, J

1. Petitioner Munni Devi has filed instant writ asking for compensation from the respondents on account of death of her husband Arbind Kumar Singh @ Arbind Singh, being under trial prisoner.

2. The admitted fact as is visualizing from the respective pleading is that the aforesaid Arbind Kumar Singh @ Arbind Singh was an accused in Belsand P.S. Case No. 67/2006 and on account thereof, he surrendered before the court concerned on 5.42007 and was remanded to judicial custody. Subsequently thereof, he fell ill and was taken care of by the local jail doctor at Mandai Kara, Sitamarhi and therefrom was recommended for specialized treatment whereupon he was shifted to SKMCH, Muzaffarpur. At the SKMCH, doctors examined him and he was diagnosed suffering from hyper-tension, diabetes, chronic case of renal failure and so he has been referred to IGIMS; Patna and for that, the Superintendent-SKMCH had reported but on account of negligence on the part of the authorities concerned, he was neither shifted nor any steps were taken and that resulted in his death on 20.8.2007 at SKMCH itself.

3. Contention on behalf of the petitioner is that there is no controversy with