SAJDA KHATOON Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner in this writ application, has prayed for a direction upon the respondents to pay adequate compensation to her for the alleged custodial death of her husband which had occurred while the deceased was under custody at the sub-jail, Simdega.

(2.) The undisputed facts of the case in brief are as follows:

(3.) After undergoing treatment and upon being cured, he was remanded to judicial custody at sub-jail, Simdega on 13.8.2003. On 22.8.2003, the doctor at the sub-jail, Simdega had examined him and found him to be suffering from Jaundice as appearing from the entries made in the jail hospital register. The doctor had prescribed few medicines and had purportedly advised the jail authorities to remove the patient to the Sadar Hospital on the next day.