Agartala, May 22 (UNI) A division bench of the Tripura High Court has upheld the decision of the single bench and directed the state government to pay Rs 10 lakh to the family of a man who died during imprisonment due to lack of proper treatment.
Justice Subhasish Talapatra in January 2018 had directed the state government to pay the compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the victim’s family and advised the Jail authority to raise a corpus fund for treating the ailing convicts on emergency basis and improving the healthcare facilities.
The state government did not accept the order and moved an appeal petition, which was rejected by the division bench comprising Justice Arindam Lodh and Justice S G Chattopadhyay, who in an order issued on Saturday directed the government to comply with the direction of the previous court and pay the amount to the victim.