Agartala, Nov. 13 -- The High Court of Tripura has upheld a recommendation of the Tripura Human Rights Commission (THRC) for the state government to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to the widow and children of a convict who died by suicide in central jail in October 2024.
A Division Bench, including Chief Justice M S Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit, dismissed a petition from the Inspector General of Prisons that challenged the Commission's recommendations after hearing the case today and directed to pay the compensation.
According to the report, the deceased, Dilip Debbarma, was serving a 12-year rigorous imprisonment sentence when he was found hanging from an exhaust fan in a prison toilet on October 23, 2024.
The THRC found evide...