Imphal, March 09 2009: The Gauhati High Court issued a ruling today against the authorities of the state government on the non-taking up of positive action for granting compensation to a student of Manipur University for causing bodily injury in the action of the Manipur police commando personnel.The court ordered the state home department, police department and the superintendent of police, Imphal east district to reply to its rule nisi asking to submit a reply within six week on why necessary actions are not taken up to the application submitted by the students for appropriate action to the police commando personnel and compensate him for causing bodily injury.

The ruling of the High Court was related with causing bodily injury to an M Sc (Chemistry) student of the MU, Yaithengbam Lamyanba in a shoot out by the personnel of the police commando on duty at Kongba road on May 14, 2008. On that faithful day, Lamyanba in his petition to the court stated that police commando stopped him while he was moving with one of his friends in a motorcycle near the Standard College gate along the Kongba at around 4.30 pm and was shot at the right thigh in an unjustified manner.

Immediately, he was evacuated at JN Hospital from where he was referred to the Shija Hospital, Porompat for treatment.

He was again brought up to the Raj Polyclinic in June of the same year after discharged from the Shija Hospital on May 16 of the same year.

The incident was condemned by various civil and student bodies based in the state and memorandums were submitted to the chief minister demanding befitting punishment to the erring commando personnel.

LamyanbA¡ in his petition also allege that the OC of the Irilbung police station where the place of occurrence cover was reported a false report with regard to the shooting incident by the one commando personnel named L Budhagopal.

The then OC in-charge registered an FIR case.

In the follow up of the case, one commando personnel named Khumukcham Oken was arrested by the Irilbung police and produced in the court on May 17 and 19, 2008, which remanded him to the judicial custody.

As result of the incident, Lamyanba could not appeared in the second semester examination of the M Sc which was commenced from May 23, 2008. Regarding the matter, the victim Lamyanba submitted an application to the principal secretary (home) requesting him for granting compensation for causing bodily injury to him and also demanding punishment to the police commando personnel for his unjustified action but no action was initiated.

A HC bench of justices Asok Potsangbam gave the order based on the petition lodged by Lamyanba.

Advocate Meihoubam Rakesh appeared for the petitioner which the petitioner filed the case with the initiative of the Human Law Network (Manipur), a statement of the body said today.

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