Holding that even a prisoner has a right to live, the Delhi High Court Monday enhanced the compensation for the kin of a life convict who died while serving his term.<\/p>\n
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Madan B. Lokur while enhancing the compensation awarded to the prisoner who died in custody said: \u201cEven though he was a life convict, that does not mean that he had no dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis life mattered a lot to his family. Life is a glorious gift of creative intelligence,\u201d the bench said.<\/p>\n
Terming the state of affairs of jail as poor, the court said: \u201cIt is the duty of the state to ensure proper maintenance of jail and it is the government\u2019s responsibility to take care of all prisoners.\u201d<\/p>\n
The court was hearing a case in which an inmate, Sunder, 34, died after he was allegedly beaten up.<\/p>\n
Two Tihar Jail wardens were suspended and 200 additional CCTV cameras installed in prisons after his suspected custody death in February.<\/p>\n
Terming the compensation as inadequate, the bench said: \u201cA compensation of Rs.3 lakh is a must for the legal heirs of the convict.\u201d<\/p>\n
While disposing the case, the court directed the director general of prisons to give the compensation to Sunder\u2019s wife, get a fixed deposit done and file a compliance report.<\/p>\n
A first information report (FIR) in the case was registered with Hari Nagar police station after the high court\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n
The bench had converted a letter sent by the law ministry, based on a complaint from the deceased\u2019s brother Madan Kishore, into a public interest litigation and taken action on its own initiative.<\/p>\n
Madan Kishore, also serving a life imprisonment, said that the family of the deceased was informed about his death Feb 13 but the incident happened Feb 2. Sunder succumbed to his injuries a week after the incident.<\/p>\n
He claimed that Sunder was beaten up badly by two inmates with iron rods in the presence of two jail officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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