WP(C) 1753/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MADAN B. LOKUR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AK GOSWAMI The matter has been called out twice, but there is no appearance on behalf of th e petitioner. The allegation in this case is that a police constable apparently in a drunken s tate entered the house of the petitioner and brutally murdered her husband on 13 .3.2006 by shooting him from his service rifle. On this broad allegation, the pe titioner has prayed for compensation for the death of her husband. The respondents have filed an affidavit stating that the matter has been fully i nvestigated and a charge sheet has been filed against the constable alleging the commission of an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. We find that this is not a case where the death of the petitioner’s husband was caused by any act or omission of the State nor is it that the petitioner’s husba nd was in custody. A stray incident of a constable allegedly in a drunken state, killing somebody else, does not call for an award of any compensation. It is a law and order problem which has to be dealt with in accordance with the administ ration of criminal justice. Since a charge sheet has been filed against the accused constable, we have no do ubt that the law will take its own course and if he is found guilty he will be s uitably punished. No further order is called for in this case. This writ petition is disposed of in terms of the above.