Puspa Reang v. State of Tripura and Others - 2014 Supreme(Online)(Gau) 77

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2014 Supreme(Online)(Gau) 77

TRIPURA HIGH COURT
Deepak Gupta, C. J., *S. Talapatra, J.
Puspa Reang v. State of Tripura and Others

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: P. K. Biswas
For the Respondents: S. Chakraborty

Table of Content
1. custodial death requires significant scrutiny. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. police conduct and medical evidence must align. (Para 4 , 5)
3. disclosure of treatment records is essential. (Para 6 , 7)
4. public law condemns custodial abuse. (Para 8 , 10)
5. compensation reflects state's failure to safeguard rights. (Para 11 , 12)

1. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner urges for compensation for custodial death of her husband namely, Nirendra Reang alias Niram Reang. There is no dispute that Nirendra Reang was arrested in connection with Shantirbazar P.S. Case No.53/2000 which was registered under S.148/149/364 of the IPC and S.27 of the Arms Act. After producing Nirendra Reang in the Court of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Belonia, South Tripura on 11.09.2000 he was remanded to the police custody with a direction to produce him on 23.09.2000. On 20.09.2000, he was initially taken to Tripura Sundari hospital at Udaipur on complaint of breathing difficulty, abdominal pain, vomiting and blood in urine. But the said hospital had immediately referred Nirendra Reang to G.B.P. hospital at Agartala but his life could not be saved as he expired on 21.09.2000.

2. Accord