Rs 2 lakh as compensation or be ready to face the consequences.”
Finally, when the matter came up for further hearing before Justice R R Tripathi, the government “produced an order for the payment of Rs 1.50 lakh to the petitioner”, he added.
“While passing the order, the HC observed that the government has strict absolute liability to compensate the victim of police atrocities and cannot escape from its liability by shifting it to the police,” Patel said.