सव भव तु सिखनः ु on) Border, Directorate General Border Security Force, Home Ministry, Government of India, reques ng a fourweek extension to submit a compliance report. The Commission carefully considered the material on record. In the present ma er, a charge sheet dated 30 September 2018 under Sec on 304 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was filed against the Constable of the BSF before the Learned Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Malda. On 19 November 2020, the Commission issued a show cause no ce under Sec on 18 of the PHRA to the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, for payment of Rs. 3,00,000/-. However, it was informed to the Commission that the Ld. CJM, Malda, had transferred the case to the BSF for trial by the BSF Security Force Court, and that the case for compensa on to the NoK of the deceased should not be decided un l the final outcome of the legal proceedings. In view of these facts, no further interven on by the Commission was required. The complainant was advised to raise grievances before the appropriate court of law. Consequently, the case was closed on 27 October 2022. 17.) Death of a Minor Girl in Nowrangpur, Odisha, due to Electrocu on upon Contact with a Low-hanging High-voltage Wire. (Case No: 2161/18/10/2019) The Commission received in ma on on 11 June 2019, alleging that an 11-year-old girl died due to electrocu on at the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Residen al School in Majhiguda village on the outskirts of Nowrangpur town, Nowrangpur district, Odisha. In response to the Commission's direc ons, the requisite reports in the ma er were received from the authori es concerned. The Special Secretary, Department of Energy, Government of Odisha, submi ed a report dated 23 February 2021, sta ng that the electric cable/ wire in ques on had been unauthorisedly extended from a nearby electric pole and was snapped due to unknown reasons. The snapped cable remained in a hanging condi on through the barbed wire fencing near the compound wall without touching the ground. When the vic m was dancing nearby, she accidentally came in contact with the snapped charged cable and was exposed to the electric shock, resul ng in the fatal electrocu on accident. She was taken to the hospital, but doctors declared her brought dead. The SOUTHCO staff visited the Chapter 7 - Thematic Areas site a er 2-3 days and removed the unauthorised cable/ wire extension. It was revealed that the accident occurred due to the unauthorised extension of the cable and the carelessness of the school management. The report also highlighted the negligence of the SOUTHCO U lity in supervising and checking such unauthorised ac vi es and the , which led to the accident. It was men oned that an amount of Rs. 2,000/- had been paid to the vic m's grandfather by the local Sarpanch, but no compensa on was given by the SOUTHCO officials. Based on the above, the Commission recommended an amount of Rs. 5,00,000 (Rupees Five Lakh Only) as interim relief to be paid to the NoK of the deceased. The Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha, was directed to submit the compliance report, along with proof of payment. The Superintendent of Police, Nabarangpur, Odisha, was also called upon to submit a further report with the status/outcome of the criminal case registered in the ma er. In response, the Special Secretary, Department of Energy, Government of Odisha, submi ed a report dated 13 August 2021, sta ng that the accident occurred inside the DDU Ashram School Campus, Majhiguda, Nabarangpur. Before the day of the accident, it was raining, and the ground condi on was wet. There was an unauthorised line taken from the LT pole, which was snapped and came in contact with the fencing provided on the boundary wall. On the very day of the accident, a marriage party was crossing on the backside of the school. When the deceased and her friends came to see the marriage party (inside the school campus), the vic m could not keep balance and tried to get support from the fencing wire provided on the boundary, which was in a charged condi on, and as a result, she was electrocuted. Hence, it was stated that the officers were neither responsible nor answerable for the alleged electrocu on accident. The Superintendent of Police , Nabarangpur, Odisha, in a communica on dated 08 September 2021, submi ed a report sta ng that a case at P.S. Nabarangpur was registered in connec on with the incident. The statutory inquiry report of the Chief Electrical Inspector found the public servants responsible for the incident. It was also found that the SOUTHCO U lity, the Electricity Company, was not vigilant, and there was a lack of supervision. The accident could have been averted had the authori es concerned acted with due diligence. This resulted in a viola on of human rights of the deceased innocent girl on account of negligence by the public servants. It was stated 35