{ "record_id": "CW-2004-0002", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0313", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Jalandhar Man vs State of Punjab and Others", "display_title_redacted": "Jalandhar Man vs State of Punjab and Others", "state": "Punjab", "district": "Jalandhar", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Jalandhar", "police_station_or_unit": "Punjab Police, Jalandhar (escort/court duty)", "court": "Punjab and Haryana High Court", "court_as_verified": "Punjab and Haryana High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Jalandhar Man vs State of Punjab and Others", "case_number": "Civil Writ Petition No. 550 of 2004", "citation": "(2004) 05 P&H CK 0097", "judges": [ "Binod Kumar Roy", "Surya Kant" ], "judgment_date": "2004-05-29", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2004, "incident_date": "2001-05-04", "incident_year": 2001, "category": "Custodial death", "admin_category": "brutality", "admin_subcategory": "custodial_death", "subcategory": "custodial_death", "subcategory_display": "custodial death", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation", "sections": [ "IPC 304A" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector", "unit": "Punjab Police, Jalandhar", "role": "named_only", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:named_only", "key2:no", "key2_union:no", "key2_openrouter:no" ], "ledger_role": "named_only", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "no", "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "no", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.89, "jev_p_culpable": 0.14, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Jalandhar" }, { "name": null, "rank": "Head Constable", "unit": "Punjab Police, Jalandhar", "role": "named_only", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:named_only", "key2:no", "key2_union:no", "key2_openrouter:no" ], "ledger_role": "named_only", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "no", "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "no", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.88, "jev_p_culpable": 0.11, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Head Constable, Punjab Police, Jalandhar" } ], "officer_count": 2, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": 28, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "Jalandhar man, age 28" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "compensation_only", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": 250000, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/157826/priti-thapar-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "Add the recorded State side: respondents admitted the death and FIR 5/2003 s.304-A against nine jail + two police officials (para 3); State counsel contended it was an emergency, no negligence, no liability (para 6). Drop the false 'police version is not recorded' sentence.", "summary_verified": "Add the recorded State side: respondents admitted the death and FIR 5/2003 s.304-A against nine jail + two police officials (para 3); State counsel contended it was an emergency, no negligence, no liability (para 6). Drop the false 'police version is not recorded' sentence.", "court_quote": "at least on account of gross negligence committed by the officials of the Jail and Police Departments of the State of Punjab, if not killed by one of them by administering poison, we are of the view that the ends of justice will be sufficiently met by awarding a compensation to the tune of Rs. 2.50 lacs.", "court_quote_para": "13", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "P&H HC DB held death due to gross negligence of jail and police officials, awarded Rs 2.5 lakh; 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 death", "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": "2004-05-29", "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 250,000.", "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)", "source": "(2004) 05 P&H CK 0097", "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": "wrong_facts", "corrections_applied": [ "court_quote", "summary" ] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/157826/priti-thapar-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-29" ], "merged_case_id": "PUNJAB-017", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }