Compensation for mental agony, job loss
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the state to pay a compensation of Rs 5,36,000 within four weeks to a tea garden worker in Alipurduar for his illegal detention for two months—Aug 6 to Oct 5—back in 2018, despite him being granted bail. He was supposed to be released on Aug 6, 2018 but was detained up to Oct 5, 2018.
The HC said the compensation was for the mental agony he suffered and the loss of his job at the tea garden. The division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Aryak Dutt held state’s plea that Nag’s custody was required for the purpose of producing him in one of the criminal cases “was not found satisfactory” and the bench held that he was not required to be kept in custody. On the quantum of compensation, the division bench said that though Nag had claimed Rs 20 lakh, he could not produce “adequate materials to sustain such claims”.
Joy Krishna Nag alias Joy Kumar Nag alias Rohit was the secretary of Bharatiya Tea Garden Union, a labour wing of BJP . He had three criminal cases against him at Kumargram Police Station but he was granted bail in all three.