The Court noted that when Adikesavan’s son went to the police station to lodge a complaint, the police did not take hin seriously. The FIR was finally registered on June 23, a fortnight after Adikesavan was taken to the PHC.
“It is the grievance of the family of Adikesavan that had the police acted with alacrity, the police would have been in a position to trace Adikesavan. We do see sufficient force in the grievance ventilated by the family of Adikesavan,” the Court said in its order.
It ultimately disposed of the petition with a direction to the police to continue taking steps to trace Adikesavan.
“Taking into consideration the overall fact situation, we do not want to be too harsh on the State Government and instead, on humanitarian ground, we direct the State to pay a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- [Rupees One Lakh only] as compensation to the family of Adikesavan within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the copy of this order,” the Court ordered.
Source: Barandbench
