provide timely and proper medical treatment to him. The authorities should have made arrangements for open-heart surgery of the victim urgently. The Commission recommended to the Chief Secretary, Orissa that the State Government should fix responsibility for the delay in treatment of the patient and take appropriate action against the officials found guilty. Since violation of human rights of the victim Abhishek Sahu was proved, the Commission recommended Rs. 1,00,000 as monetary relief to the next of kin of the deceased u/s 18(a)(i) of the PHRA. The State of Orissa, has informed the Commission that an amount of Rs. 1,00,000 has been sanctioned, to be paid to the next of kin of the deceased. However, proof of payment is awaited. 10. Alleged Custodial Death of Mugalia in Satna, Madhya Pradesh (Case No. 1996/12/1999-2000-CD) 6.46 In a complaint to the Commission, Smt. Sheela stated that her husband, Mugalia, was arrested by the local police on 20 December 1999 at 4.00 a.m. and was produced before SubDivisional Magistrate, Mehar on the same day in a case u/s 109 Cr.P.C. He was sent to jail but was released on bail the same evening and sent home. Next day he died at about 7.00 p.m. 6.47 The complainant alleged that her husband was canvassing for Shri Bhola Prasad Chaurasia, who was contesting a Municipal Election. He was picked up by the Police from the Election Office and beaten up severely. Although he was entitled to bail as a matter of right, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate did not release him and sent him to Sub-Jail Mehar. The jailor, however, did not, admit him because he had several injuries on his body. Therefore, the police came to the house of the complainant in the evening and asked her to furnish bail papers. When she went to the jail, she found her husband lying there in a critical condition. She brought him home in a rickshaw and arranged whatever treatment was possible. He could not, however, survive and died the next day. 6.48 Upon consideration of the post-mortem report, MER and the reply to the show-cause notice, the Commission, recommended that the State of Madhya Pradesh pay Rs. 3,00,000 to the next of the kin of the deceased Mugalia. The compliance report, along with proof of payment, is awaited. 11. Death of Convict Padum Sorren in District Jail, Bhagalpur, Bihar (Case No. 2848/4/2002-2003-CD) 6.49 Taking cognizance of an intimation received from the Superintendent, Central Jail, Bhagalpur, Bihar, regarding the death of Padum Sorren, a convict, aged 65 years, in the jail on 1 December 2002, the Commission called for the requisite reports. 6.50 In response to the show-cause notice issued by the Commission, the Under Secretary (Home), Government of Bihar on 28 September 2007, stated that the prisoner sustained the fatal injury by accident, when a branch of a tree fell on his head. According to the Under Secretary's 40 National Human Rights Commission