12 year old Durgesh, son of Om Shankar Sharma, resident of Data Ganj, District Badayun in Uttar Pradesh became a victim of police excess in Uttar Pradesh and lost his life. The incident happened on the 20th January, 2008 morning. The Commission, on consideration of reports, found that the cause of death in the post-mortem report was recorded as asphyxia due to hanging.
The Commission recommended that the Government of Uttar Pradesh pay an amount of rupees 5 lakhs as interim relief to the next of kin of the deceased. It has also asked for a compliance report along with the information about the outcome of the criminal case registered in the matter, and status of disciplinary proceedings against the concerned police official.