Annual Report 2012-2013 his dead body in the car and then threw it in Palwal canal after disfiguring it. In order to pose the dead body as his own, Sohan Lal cleverly kept his purse, which carried the PAN card and other IDs, in one of the pockets of the clothes worn by the dead man. All this was done by Sohan Lal to punish his wife suspected of having an extra-marital affair. Sohan Lal's father and brother identified the dead body as that of 'Sohan Lal'. On 21 March 2011, Sohan Lal eloped with his minor sister-in-law with whom he had a illegitimate relationship. A decomposed body was recovered on 22 March 2011 from Palwal canal which was identified as that of Sohan Lal. Laxmi, Sohan Lal's wife, her brother Jal Singh and the father of her alleged lover Sonu were taken into custody. Laxmi's other two brothers and Sonu were reported to be absconding. Sohan Lal was later apprehended from Okhla where he was living with his 16 year old sister-in-law. 4.144 The Commission issued a notice to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, Government of Haryana, calling for a detailed report in the matter within two weeks. 4.145 As per the information received from the Superintendent of Police, Palwal, the accused persons confessed to their guilt during the investigation of the case and on completion of the inquiry a chargesheet was filed in the Court against the three accused persons, namely, Laxmi, Jal Singh and Inder Singh, father of Laxmi's paramour, on 13 May 2011. 4.146 On 10 June 2011, Sub-Inspector Abbas Khan, Investigating Officer of the case, received information from the Special Crime Branch, Delhi that Sohan Lal was alive and was lodged in Tihar Jail. On receiving this information, the Investigating Officer moved the concerned Court for release of the three chargesheeted accused persons who were set free by the Court on 16 June 2011. 4.147 While considering the matter on 24 October 2011, the Commission observed that the facts of the case revealed the usual modus operandi of the Police in solving a case on the basis of forced disclosure statement made by an accused during the course of investigation. Such a disclosure statement is tailor-made to fit in the facts and circumstances of the case. In the present case, it was apparent that all disclosure statements of the accused persons, namely, Laxmi, Jal Singh and Inder Singh were recorded by the Police to solve the case and these persons were falsely implicated. This act on the part of the concerned Investigating Officer amounted to gross violation of human rights of these persons and the State undeniably is liable to compensate them. The Commission directed that a notice u/s 18 (a) (i) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, be issued to the Government of Haryana, through its Chief Secretary, to show cause as to why the Commission should not recommend monetary relief for the three victims, namely, Laxmi, Jal Singh and Inder Singh. The Director General of Police, Haryana, was also directed to inform the Commission of any disciplinary action taken against the concerned Investigating Officer. 4.148 The Government of Haryana did not oppose the grant of monetary relief to the three victims. While considering the matter on 11 June 2012, the Commission held that the NHRC 49