eo-nclusion that Babul was arrested alongwith other boys on 20.06.1995, brought to the Bihaguri police outpost, severely twtured and beaten by two police officers and that he died on 21.6.1995 in the police lock up. The Commission went by the magisterial enquiry report and recommended Immediate prosecution of the police personnel involved in murder. The Cpmrmasion rethat a sum of Rs. 50,000 be wid by way of cornpentn t b c p e & af W o r if there be other dependents then to them. This payment be taken as interim in nature and would not preclude a claim for compensation to be laid in the appropriate forum. Compliance report k awaited. d S t d l a l demo ~t ann Tinth sngh in Punjab This proceeding was initiated on information rec8ived from the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ferozpur, Punjab about the death of one Tirath Singh Jija. The District Magistrate also reported the matter vide his 4etter dated 15 January, 1996. According to the report, the deceased was produced before the Judicial Magistrate on 1 January, 1996 having been arrested in a case under the Excise Act. The Magistrate remanded him to judicial custody for 15 days and he was taken to the Central Jail, Ferozpur. After he had crossed gate no. 1, before he was actually admitted into the jail, it was stated that he dipped due to an epileptic attack and the jail authorities refused to accept him in judicial custody. The police got him admitted into the Civil HospW, Ferozpur for trmtment and later shifted him to Baghi Hospitaf, Ferozpur where he died on 8 January, 1996. The Commission was surprised to find that the Judicial Magistrate was not informed about what had happened, particularlywhen his direction remanding to judicial custody was not carried out. If that had been done, an immediate enquiry would have been undertaken and a clearer picture of the situation would have been available. There was no material to support the plea that the deceased was subject to epileptic fits. The post mortem related the cause of death to grievous injuries on the head, spleen and other vital parts of the body. The investigation did not show that these injuries were caused by the fall as a result of the alleged epileptic attack. In the absence of clear material, the Commission was not in a position to accept the plea of the police that death occurred on account of the fail as a result of a