VIKRAMAJIT SEN, J.

( 1 ) THIS petition has been filed invoking the extraordinary powers of this Court bestowed on it by Article 226 of the Constitution. The Petitioner is the widow of late Surender Kumar who earned his livelihood as a three-wheeler scooter driver. He died in police custody in the afternoon of 8th April, 2000.

( 2 ) THE following reliefs have been prayed for, out of which the prayer for compensation has been emphasised upon:

" (A) That SDM Rajouri Garden Shri Inderjit Singh Dhiya, be ordered to produce and place before this Hon ble Court the original inquest report, post-mortem report, the video reel and all other materials (including evidence, if any recorded by him in respect of the circumstances leading to, and the cause of, the death in custody of Petitioner s husband);

(B) that an inquiry by C. B. I. or an independent judicial inquiry be ordered into the circumstances leading to, and in order to ascertain the cause of, the death of the Petitioner s husband, fixing an early date for report;

(C) that action in accordance with law (Contempt of Supreme Court and provisions of the Indian Penal Code) be taken against the police officials who tortured the husband of the

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