The Commission felt that if the fatal injuries had realty bean received from msmbsrs of the public, the police should have immediately taken Mohd. Mansoor to tho hospital instead of keeping him for r long period at tha Police Station and only thereafter taking him for treatment. The Commission therefore did not agree with the findings of the invertigation that the deceased met his end on account of injuries sustained by him as a result of asaault by members of the public. There appeared to be an attempt by the police to shield its own officers at the lower level. The circumstances indicated that he was tortured at the palice station and died as a reault of the injuries he received. The Commission called upon the Director General of Police, Bihar to ascartain within one month the names and particulars of the police offtcen who had taken the deceased into custody and had accasion to handle him at the police station and to prowcute them. kt further recommended that an interim c o m p e ~ t i o n of IPS. One lakh be paid to the widow of the deceased. The State Government was asked to consider the proprmty of taking steps for recovery of the amount from the concerned delinquent police officers. The Government of Bihar in its letter dabd 28 February, 1997 intimated that a sum of Rs. The - One lakh has been sanctioned to the widow of the deceased. + Commission is foliowing up on other aspects of this matter. (x) Attempt at mpe by Jail officlsl in Uttrr Pradash. The complainant alleged that a jail official in Agra had occupied her house and prostitution was practised in its prmlses. On notice bsing b u d , 1.G. (W8ons) sent a report of Superintendent. of District Jail, Agm whemln ttre allegation was accepted and the oPFicial was found guilty. It was further stated that the official had attempted to rape the W e of a Comtaibk in premises at the jail in 1983 and, as a result, she had committed suicide. The Commission ordered on 8 August, 1996 that jail official b prosecuted. nce report is awaited. + "7 W o l i c a touturn of Shri Ram Chann M m a , A villager in RaJasthan The Superintendent of Police, Angd, acting as complainant, stated that on 141 15 October, 1993, two police officials and a few constables led by an Additional