NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION u/s 304 IPC, Section 23 of Juvenile Justice Act and Section 17(1) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was registered against Arshad Hussain, s/o Mohd. Qasim, Headmaster of the Government Middle School, Barhey (Ranchi). The matter was investigated and the charges were found true and, accordingly, the Investigating Officer recommended filing of charge-sheet against the accused which had been approved by the competent authorities. The report also referred to the post-mortem report and pointed out that the death had taken place due to lung disease and not due to the beating. The Commission also received a report dated 27.10.2014 from the Deputy Commissioner, Ranchi, according to which the accused Headmaster had been suspended from duty. 4.118 Upon consideration of the reports, the Commission, vide its proceedings dated 07.12.2015, observed that it had clearly emerged from the above facts that an eight year old boy was subjected to corporal punishment. This was nothing but violation of human rights of the child by a public servant against whom a criminal case had been registered and he had also been suspended. The State was, therefore, liable to adequately compensate the next-of-kin of the deceased child. The Commission, therefore, issued a notice u/s 18 of the PHRA to the Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand to show cause as to why the Commission should not recommend payment of ` 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) as compensation to the next-of-kin of the deceased child. 4.119 In response to the show-cause notice, the Joint Secretary, Home, Prison and Disaster Management, Government of Jharkhand informed the Commission that the State Government had agreed to the recommendation of payment of compensation amount of ` 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) as monetary relief to the next-of-kin of the deceased student Sujeet Munda. 4.120 The matter was taken up during the camp sitting of the Commission at Ranchi on 07.09.2016. Since the State Government produced the proof of payment of ` 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) as compensation to the next-of-kin of the deceased child, the case was closed. 22. A Railway Passenger Brutally Assaulted by GRPF/RPF Police Inside the Jagannath Express Train Near Delanga Railway Station, Odisha (Case No.2430/18/12/2014) 4.121 On the basis of news item published in ‘Dharitri’ Odia daily dated 02.06.2014, the complainant Jayanta Kumar Das, an RTI activist, vide his petition dated 03.06.2014 alleged that a railway passenger Dr. Deba Prasad Pattanaik was brutally assaulted by GRPF/RPF police inside the Jagannath Express train near Delanga Railway Station on 02.06.2014, while he was travelling with a proper ticket. When the victim was reluctant to pay penalty as demanded by the GRP police, they started abusing in filthy language. When the victim objected, the police got furious and beat the victim mercilessly. Dr. Pattanaik got treatment in hospital after reaching Puri and 66 ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017