HC holds jail authorities responsible

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to pay Rs 15 lakh compensation and provide a Group-D job to the widow of a man who died in judicial custody, holding that negligence on the part of jail authorities led to his custodial death. Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy, while allowing a writ petition […]

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