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Cases are arranged in topical and chronological order as per

scheme of NHRC's Annual Reports

(1) Custodial Death

Death of Sher Mohammad in PoHce custody by torture: Uttar Pradesh -
Case No. 8924/1995-1996/NHRC page 138
Death of Sh. Kantosh Prahlad Jadhav, in Police Custody by torture: Latur,
Maharashtra Case No. 5418/1995-1996/NHRCp-140
Torture in Police Custody Results in the Death of Kartik Mehto : Bihar
(Case No. 8903/1995-1996) p-141
Death of Shishu Rebe due to torture in police custody: Arunachal Pradesh
(Case No.74/1996-1997/NHRC) p-141
Illegal Detention, Torture and Death of Shah Mohammed in Police Custody
and Negligence on the Part of Doctors for not Conducting a
Thorough Post Mortem : Madhya Pradesh (Case No. 3855/
1996-1997/NHRC) p-143
Death of Gothandam in Police Custody : Pondicherry (Case No. 75/32/
1997-1998/CD) p-144
Negligence on the Part of Police Leads to the Killing of Mahendra Pal
Singh: Uttar Pradesh. (Case No. 39/24/1997-1998/ACD)
p-145
Negligence of police personnel leading to wrongful confinement of
Ikram-ud-din: Uttar Pradesh (Case No. 23239/24/1999-2000/
NHRC) p-147
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Custodial death of under-trial prisoner, Harjinder alias Jinda, due to
negligence: Uttar Pradesh (Case No. 8437/24/1999-2000-
CD/NHRC p-147
Illegal detention and torture in police Station, Shikarpur: Uttar Pradesh
(Case No. 17171/24/1999-2000NHRC) p-148
Harassment, Misbehaviour and injury caused to U.K. Vajpayee, ANM.:
Uttar Pradesh (Case No: 29929/24/2000-2001/NHRC)
p-148
Custodial death of Mohammad Irshad Khan : Delhi (Case No.2387/30/
2000-2001-CD/NHRC) p-149
Death of Chhigga in the Police custody at PS. Sirsi, District Guna: Madhya
Pradesh (Case No. 1800/12/2000-200 l-CD/NHRC)p-150
Death of Sanjay Sharma in District Jail, Mathura: Uttar Pradesh (Case No:
41373/24/2000-2001-CD/NHRC) p-151
Unlawful detention of Manoharan: Tamil Nadu (Case No:213/22/2001 -2002/
NHRC) p-151
Police high-handedness against a teacher in Kota : Rajasthan Case No:
1603/ 202001 -2002/NHRC) p-152
Complaint from Sarita Sahu, resident of Ranchi : Jharkhand (Case No.
974/34/2001-2002/NHRC) p-152
Custodial torture of Zamir Ahmed Khan: Uttar Pradesh (Case No. 14071/
24/2001-2002/NHRC) p-153
Death of an under-trial prisoner, Tachi Kaki : Arunachal Pradesh (Case
No. 14/2/2002-2003-CD/NHRC) p-153
Harassment and Torture of Jagannath Shaw by the RPF Staff: West Bengal,
CaseNo: 118/25/2002-2003/NHRC p-154
Death of Shri Kolumbus in Judical Custody in Uttar Pradesh Case No.
20143/24/ 2002-2003-CD/NHRC] p-155
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(ii) Police Excesses (Torture, Illegal Detention/ Unlawful
Arrest, False Implication etc.)

Illegal detention and torture ofAnil Kumar: Maharashtra (Case No.517/13/

1998-1999/NHRC) p-156
False implication of Manoj Kumar Tak and Narender Tak: Madhya Pradesh
(CaseNo.667/12/1998-1999-FC/NHRC) p-157
Illegal detention of two Adivasi boys by Police - Kerala -Case No. 208/11/
1997-1998/NHRC p-159
Suicide by Vinod Kumar Rajput due to police harassment Madhya Pradesh
CaseNo.l412/12/1998-1999(FC)/NHRC p-160
False Implication of the Complainant and Others and Torture by police:
Delhi. (Case No. 3069/30/1999-2000/NHRC) p-162
Illegal detention of Shri Ramveer Singh, Surendra Singh Delhi - Case No.
3454/ 30/2000-2001/NHRC p-163
False implication of Madhukar Jetley: Uttar Pradesh (Case No.2385/24/
2000-2001/NHRC) p-164
Illegal detention and torture of Shri Zamir Ahmed by the police at Sayana,
Bulandshahr, UttarPradesh- Case No: 14071/24/2001-2002/
NHRC p-166
Torture and gang rape by police officers in Tripura - Case No. 5 23/2003-
2004/WC/NHRC p-168
Killing of irmocent person by Meghalya PoHce (Case No. 1111512005-
2006/NHRC) p-169
Assault on agitating workers of Honda Factory by Haryana Police (Case
No. 681/7/2005-2006/ FC and LF No. 741/7/2005-2006/
NHRC) p-169
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Abuse of power by police personnel in Gurgaon, Haryana (Case No.
19061712006-2007-WC/NHRC) p-169

(iii) Fake EmcouEter

Killing of four persons in a fake encounter by Police : Uttar Pradesh. Case

No. 12235/24/1998-1999/NHRC p-171

(iv) Cases Related to Women and Children

Rape of a minor Dalit girl; failure to comply with the law: Haryana (Case
NO.390/7/98-99/NHRC) p-173
Death of 12 year old child worker, Naushad: Bangalore (Case No.452/10/
2000-2001/NHRC) p-174
Sexual harassment in the work place and suicide of Sangeeta Sharma,
Advocate: Andhra Pradesh (Case No.203/1/2000-2001/
NHRC) p-175
Kids slogged 12 hours a day paid @ Rs. 5/- a week: Delhi (Case No.
1868/30/2001-2002/NHRC) p-177
Alleged illegal detention of a girl child : Orissa (Case No: 80/18 2003-
2004(WC) p-178
Rape of 17 women, including complainant and her mother: Gujarat (Case
No: 256/6/2003-2004(WC) p-178
Sexual Harassment at work place - Case No. 1775/35/2003-2004-WC/
NHRC p-179
Exploitation of Children by the Great Roman Circus in Gonda
District of Uttar Pradesh - Case No.7993/24/2004-2005/
NHRC p-180
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Rescue of child labour in Maharashtra (Case No. 246/13/2005-2006/FC/

NHRC) p-182
Right ofthe Child to immunization (Case No. 244013012005-2006/NHRC)
p-182
Rescue of 184 Child Labourers from Kotla Mubarakpur, Delhi Case No.
2687/30/2005-2006/NHRC) p-183
Rape on four Dalit women in Lakhisarai, Bihar (Case No. 13751412006-
2007-WC/NHRC) p-185
Sexual abuseof children (Case NO.3925012412006-2007IWC/NHRC)
p-188
Rescue of 55 child labourers in Delhi (Case No. 364/30/2006-2007/NHRC)
p-190

(v) Atrocities on Dalits/Member of Minority

Community/Disabled

Killing of 7 Dalits by Upper Castes: Kamataka (Case No.628/10/99-2000/

NHRC) p-191

Attacks on Members ofthe Christian Community in Several States (Case

Nos.289/6/1999-2000; 351/6/1999-2000; 295/6/1999-2000;
481/6/1999-2000; 1873/4/1999-2000;1933/4/1999-2000/
NHRC) p-192

Delay in registration of FIR and inaction by police in Agra, Uttar Pradesh

(CaseNo.l3710/24/2000-2001/NHRC) p-195

Atrocities on Adivasi families by forest officials of Wayanad District: Kerala

-Case No. 199/1 l/2002-2003(FC)/NHRC p-196

Assault on a Dalit woman, a rape victim in Raisen District, Madhya Pradesh

(Case No. 18071 1212005-2006-WC/NHRC) p-198
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Atrocities on Dalit Women in Bhandara, Maharashtra (case no. 1107/13/
2006-2007/WC/NHRC) p-199

Illegal detention of Santosh by Chandigarh Police (Case No.7212712006-

2007-WC/NHRC) p-199

Police atrocities on farmers in Chabba,Amritsar, Punjab (Case No.

64011912006-2007/NHRC) p-200

Killing of four persons of Dalit community by crowd in police presence in

Ara,Bihar(CaseNo.l099/4/2006-2007/NHRC)
p-201

Auction of Dalit Woman Panchayat President in Madurai, Tamil Nadu

(CaseNo.80212212006- 2007-WC/NHRC) p-202

Burning to death of a Dalit rape victim by the accused in Madhya Pradesh

(CaseNo. 1486112/2006-2007-WC/NHRC) p-203

(vi) Bonded Labour

NHRC's Initiative Results in the Release of Bonded Labourers:
Haryana(CaseNo. 513/7/1998-1999/NHRC) p-204

Release of Bonded Labourers and their Rehabilitation: Punjab.(Case No.

663/19/1999-2000/NHRC) p-207

(vii) Armed Forces/Para Military Forces

Procedure with respect to complaints against Armed Forces:

Disappearance of Mohammed Tayab Ali, who was last seen
in the company of para-military forces (Case No. 32/14/1999-
2000/NHRC) p-208
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Rajasthan Case No. 1060/20/2000-2001-PF & 1061/20/2000-2001-PF/
NHRC p-210

(viii) Other Important Cases

Rehabilitation and Resettlement of tribals : Kamataka - Case No: 505/10/

1997-1998(FC)/NHRC p-212

Killing of 35 Members of Sikh Community in Anantnag District of

Jammu & Kashmir by Militants.(Case No. 206/9/1999-2000/
NHRC) p-213

Death due to Electrocution — Strict Liability of the State: Jharkhand (Case

No. 1509/4/2000-2001/NHRC) p-215

Death of Shri Dirisam Lajer, an agricultural labourer by electrocution -

Case No. 147/1/2001-2002(FC)/NHRC p-216

Displacement of farmers and agricultural labourers by construction

of a barrage across the river Nagavalli - relief and
rehabilitation: Andhra Pradesh - Case No. 667/1/2002-
2003(FC)/NHRC p-219

Suicide of farmers in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala - Case No.208/1/

2004-2005 (FC) (LF 444/1/2001-2002 & 488/1/2004-2005/
NHRC) p-220

Denial of admission to a blind student in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Case

No. 382/1/2005- 2006/NHRC) p-223

Suo-motu cognizance of newspaper report about condition of Child inmates

in Juvenile Home, Meerut Uttar Pradesh (Case
NO.1988412412005-2006/NHRC) p-224
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Violation of rights of fanners by acquisition of land for mega projects in
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (Case No. 13218/24/2006-2007/
NHRC) p-227

Deaths during fire tragedy at Meerut, UP Case No. 521/24/

2006-2007/NHRC p-228

Delay in provisions of medicines to CGHS Pensioners in Delhi and

neighbouring areas (Case No. 41813012006-2007/NHRC)
p-231 Denial of right to health for tribals in Hakeerpet Mandai,
Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (Case No. 51311/2006-
2007/NHRC) p-232

Violation of rights of mental patients in Saharsa, Bihar (Case No.

6301412006-2007/NHRC) p-233

Death of Child due to beating by teacher in Punj ab (case No. 62111912006-

2007-wc/NHRC) p-234

Denial of education to fflV+ Children in Kerala (Case No. 1431111/2006-

2007/NHRC) p-235

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