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 "record_id": "CW-1999-0006",
 "status": "current",
 "merged_id": "CWC-0318",
 "alias_merged_ids": [],
 "display_title": "Qadian Man vs Senior Superintendent of Police, Batala and Another",
 "display_title_redacted": "Qadian Man vs Senior Superintendent of Police, Batala and Another",
 "state": "Punjab",
 "district": "Gurdaspur",
 "district_at_time": null,
 "city_town": "Qadian",
 "police_station_or_unit": "Police Station Qadian",
 "court": "Punjab and Haryana High Court",
 "court_as_verified": "Punjab and Haryana High Court",
 "bench": null,
 "case_title": "Qadian Man vs Senior Superintendent of Police, Batala and Another",
 "case_number": "CWP No. 134 of 1996",
 "citation": "(1999) 07 P&H CK 0045",
 "judges": [
  "R.L. Anand"
 ],
 "judgment_date": "1999-07-14",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 1999,
 "incident_date": "1995-12-28",
 "incident_year": 1995,
 "category": "Custodial torture",
 "admin_category": "brutality",
 "admin_subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "subcategory": "custodial_torture",
 "subcategory_display": "custodial torture",
 "protest_override_heuristic": false,
 "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation",
 "sections": [],
 "officers": [
  {
   "name": "Gurmeet Singh",
   "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector",
   "unit": "Police Station Qadian",
   "role": "held_liable",
   "publish_grade": "named_safe",
   "gate_reasons": [],
   "ledger_role": "held_liable",
   "key2": "yes",
   "key2_agy": null,
   "key2_claude": null,
   "key2_union": "yes",
   "key2_gemapi": null,
   "key2_openrouter": "yes",
   "key2_gpt56": null,
   "grok": null,
   "jev_risk": 0.32,
   "jev_p_culpable": 0.6,
   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": "none_found",
   "name_public": "Gurmeet Singh",
   "display": "Gurmeet Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector)"
  },
  {
   "name": null,
   "rank": "Station House Officer",
   "unit": "Police Station Qadian",
   "role": "named_only",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "gate_reasons": [
    "ledger:acquitted_in_this_judgment",
    "key2:no",
    "key2_union:no",
    "key2_openrouter:no",
    "redteam:allegation_held_not_proved_presented_culpable"
   ],
   "ledger_role": "acquitted_in_this_judgment",
   "key2": "no",
   "key2_agy": null,
   "key2_claude": null,
   "key2_union": "no",
   "key2_gemapi": null,
   "key2_openrouter": "no",
   "key2_gpt56": null,
   "grok": null,
   "jev_risk": 0.92,
   "jev_p_culpable": 0.04,
   "key2_gpt": null,
   "later_outcome": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Station House Officer, Police Station Qadian"
  }
 ],
 "officer_count": 2,
 "victims": [
  {
   "name": null,
   "age": null,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Qadian man"
  }
 ],
 "victims_redacted": null,
 "anonymised": false,
 "victim_count": 1,
 "sentence_type": "compensation_only",
 "sentence_max_years": null,
 "compensation_inr": 150000,
 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/130447/shiv-dev-singh-vs-senior-superintendent-of-police-batala/",
 "secondary_sources": [],
 "summary": "The Punjab and Haryana High Court held a Qadian man, picked up without valid reason by Qadian police, was tortured with third-degree methods in ASI Gurmeet Singh's custody, fracturing both hip joints and permanently disabling him. The Court set aside the first Sessions enquiry, endorsed the supplementary report drawing an adverse inference against the ASI, and found the clean-chit medical board report of 30 December 1995 was procured by police pressure on doctors. It awarded Rs 1.5 lakh interim compensation against the State with recovery rights against defaulting officers. Torture by SHO was held not proved.",
 "summary_verified": "The Punjab and Haryana High Court held a Qadian man, picked up without valid reason by Qadian police, was tortured with third-degree methods in ASI Gurmeet Singh's custody, fracturing both hip joints and permanently disabling him. The Court set aside the first Sessions enquiry, endorsed the supplementary report drawing an adverse inference against the ASI, and found the clean-chit medical board report of 30 December 1995 was procured by police pressure on doctors. It awarded Rs 1.5 lakh interim compensation against the State with recovery rights against defaulting officers. Torture by SHO was held not proved.",
 "court_quote": "it can be reasonably established that a Qadian man was tortured and the damage was caused to him when he remained in custody of ASI Gurmeet Singh.",
 "court_quote_para": "5",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "P&H HC held torture in ASI's custody established and awarded Rs 1.5 lakh interim compensation; matches adverse_finding_compensation.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
 "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded",
 "tier_history": [
  "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded"
 ],
 "allegations": [
  {
   "category": "Custodial torture",
   "primary": true,
   "position": "Material fact supported",
   "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.",
   "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation"
  }
 ],
 "institutional_response": [
  {
   "date": "1999-07-14",
   "action_type": "Order issued",
   "status": "Concluded",
   "authority": "Punjab and Haryana High Court",
   "independence": "External",
   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.",
   "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)",
   "source": "(1999) 07 P&H CK 0045",
   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
  }
 ],
 "later_proceedings": [],
 "final_outcome_url": null,
 "followup_history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-09-19",
   "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass",
   "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)",
   "result": "holds",
   "corrections_applied": []
  }
 ],
 "followup_status": "checked",
 "last_checked": "2026-09-19",
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  {
   "url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/130447/shiv-dev-singh-vs-senior-superintendent-of-police-batala/",
   "link_checked": null
  }
 ],
 "source_assessment": {
  "established": null,
  "basis": null
 },
 "v3_basis": null,
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 "reviews": [],
 "retracted": {
  "is_retracted": false
 },
 "fidelity_checked": true,
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 "merged_case_id": "PUNJAB-022",
 "officers_named_public": 1,
 "record_flag": null,
 "service": "police",
 "watch": "babuwatch"
}