ORDER

S. Muralidhar, CJ. - This writ petition was filed on 7th November, 2005 seeking, inter alia, the compensation of Rupees four lakhs to be paid to the Petitioners for the alleged custodial death of their son Manoj Kumar Mohapatra (Manoj).

2. The Petitioners had earlier filed W.P. (Crl) No. 407 of 2005 on 25th October, 2005 in this Court where the prayer was for directing the Opposite Parties to show cause as to why no action has been taken on the basis of the F.I.R. filed by the Petitioners against Opposite Party No.3 (Inspector-in-Charge, Dhenkanal Town Police Station) and seeking a fair investigation of the case. That petition, which was to be heard with the present petition was, however, dismissed for non-prosecution on 28th August, 2017.

3. As far as present writ petition is concerned, it was pointed out that a representation had been made by the Petitioners on 7th June, 2005 to the District Superintendent of Police, Dhenkanal to take strong action against the concerned police personnel of the Town Police Station (PS) of Dhenkanal. The Petitioners' case was that their son Manoj was returning home at about 2 am on 6t June, 2005 from watching a 'melody concert' performed at Mina