JUDGMENT

S.K.MISHRA, J. The petitioner, mother of the deceased-Smruti Ranjan Das @ Papu, has filed this writ petition seeking directions from the Court to handover investigation of the custodial death of her son to CBI for independent and fair investigation and direct the State to give adequate compensation to her for the death of her son.

2. The petitioner’s son, Smruti Ranjan Das, was arrested on 05.09.2001 in connection with G.R. Case No.1408 of 2000 and was forwarded to the Choudwar Circle Jail on 06.09.2001, vide Admission No.3455 of 2001. While the said Smruti Ranjan Das was in Choudwar Jail under the supervision and control of the Choudwar Jail authorities, he was declared dead on 02.12.2001. On receiving the information, the petitioner and others went to Choudwar Jail and were informed that the dead body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem examination to the S.C.B. Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack. In S.C.B. Medical College and Hospital, she requested the authorities to see the dead body but she was not allowed to see dead body before the post-mortem was conducted. After conducting post-mortem examination the authorities handed over the dead body of the deceas