The Commission was also required to point out lapses on the part of any authority or person or per sons, in companynection with that incident.
The Director General of Police was asked to take immediate action in that regard.
The Government after examining the report, has accepted it and decided to initiate prosecu tion against the officers.
On the same day, a First Information Report was issued registering the offence of murder but without mentioning the name of any accused.
The respondent appealed to the Andhra Pradesh Adminis trative Tribunal.
The accused companyld number be named since there was then numberauthentic information as to how U. Nara simha died and who were responsible for his unnatural death.
There then the Director General of Police made the order keeping the respondent under suspension pending prosecution against him.
Shri A.D.V. Reddy, retired Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh was companystituted as a Single Member of the Commission of Inquiry.
From the Judgment and Order dated 31.12.
Madhava Reddy, T.V.S.N. Chari, Ms. Sunita Rao and Ms. Manjula Gupta for the Appellants.
It was inter alia observed that the respondent and other police officials have mercilessly beaten and tortured U. Narasimha and that has resulted in his lock up death.
1987 of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, in Repre sentation Petition No.
Pending prosecution with regard to that offence, the Director General of Police made an order keeping the respondent under suspension.
1659 of 1990.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
In order to clear the mist surrounding the incident, on 19 July 1986 the State Government companystituted a Commission of Inquiry under Section 3 of the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952 Central Act 60 of 1952 .
The factual background of the case may number be shortly stated On 10 July 1986, U. Narasimha died in the police custody of Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar Police Station where the respondent was then working as a Circle Inspector of Police.
S. Guru Raja Rao, Vimal Dave and B. Rajeshwar Rao for the Respondent.
In that police station one Narasimha died in Police lock up.
It has been further observed that the officials were also responsible for certain other offences like illegal detention of the deceased, disrobing of Smt.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by JAGANNATHA SHETTY, J. Special leave granted.
The order reads Shri K. Ratnagiri, Circle Inspector of Police, Sanjiva Reddy Nagar P.S. Hyderabad is placed under suspension with immediate effect in public interest until further orders pending prosecution against him in the case of death of U. Narasimha in Police lock up.
The Commission was asked to find out the circumstances leading to the lock up death of Narasimha and to identify the person, if any, responsible for the incident.
3339 of 1987.
The respondent in this appeal K. Ratnagiri was at the material time Circle Inspector of Police attached to Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad.
On 29 November 1986 the Commission submitted its report indicating certain police officials including the respondent.
Next day morning the infuriated mob attacked the Police Station and there was similar attack at the Bodabanda Outpost in whose limits Narasimha was resid ing.
