{ "record_id": "CW-2011-0011", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0106", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "New Delhi Man vs Union of India; Jaspal Kaur vs Union of India", "display_title_redacted": "New Delhi Man vs Union of India; Jaspal Kaur vs Union of India", "state": "Delhi", "district": "New Delhi", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "New Delhi (Connaught Place)", "police_station_or_unit": "Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi Police", "court": "Delhi High Court", "court_as_verified": "Delhi High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "New Delhi Man vs Union of India; Jaspal Kaur vs Union of India", "case_number": "W.P.(C) Nos. 4756 & 5405/1997", "citation": "(2011) 125 DRJ 273", "judges": [ "S. Muralidhar" ], "judgment_date": "2011-07-04", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2011, "incident_date": "1997-03-31", "incident_year": 1997, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "brutality", "admin_subcategory": "fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing", "subcategory": "fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing", "subcategory_display": "fake encounter extrajudicial killing", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "adverse_finding_compensation", "sections": [ "IPC 302", "IPC 307", "IPC 34" ], "officers": [ { "name": "Satyavir Singh Rathi", "rank": "Assistant Commissioner of Police", "role": "convicted", "unit": "Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi Police", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [ "key2:no(overruled by grok)", "key2_agy:no(overruled by grok)", "key2_gemapi:unclear(overruled by grok)", "key2_openrouter:no(overruled by grok)" ], "ledger_role": "convicted", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": "no", "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "yes", "key2_gemapi": 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"key2:no", "key2_agy:no", "key2_union:unclear", "key2_gemapi:unclear", "key2_openrouter:no" ], "ledger_role": "convicted", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": "no", "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "unclear", "key2_gemapi": "unclear", "key2_openrouter": "no", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.76, "jev_p_culpable": 0.28, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "unclear", "name_public": null, "display": "Police personnel, Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi Police" }, { "name": "Sumer Singh", "rank": "Constable", "role": "convicted", "unit": "Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi Police", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [ "key2:no(overruled by grok)", "key2_agy:no(overruled by grok)", "key2_gemapi:unclear(overruled by grok)", "key2_openrouter:no(overruled by grok)" ], "ledger_role": "convicted", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": "no", "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": "yes", "key2_gemapi": "unclear", "key2_openrouter": "no", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": "yes", "jev_risk": 0.86, "jev_p_culpable": 0.18, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "unclear", "name_public": "Sumer Singh", "display": "Sumer Singh (Constable)" } ], "officer_count": 10, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "New Delhi man" }, { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "New Delhi man" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 2, "sentence_type": "compensation_only", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": 3000000, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1334822/", "secondary_sources": [ "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/708584/", "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/30945257/" ], "summary": "The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 15,00,000 each to the families of a New Delhi man and a New Delhi man, the two businessmen killed in the Connaught Place fake encounter of 31 March 1997, holding the State's liability to compensate for the callous and wanton killing undoubted. With ten Crime Branch policemen led by ACP Satyavir Singh Rathi already convicted of murder at trial, the Court computed pecuniary dependency with CPI-indexed non-pecuniary compensation, interest and costs. It held that criminal trial, disciplinary action and constitutional-court reparation are three independent facets of accountability, and expressed surprise that Delhi Police rules let convicted murderers remain in service pending appeal.", "summary_verified": "The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 15,00,000 each to the families of a New Delhi man and a New Delhi man, the two businessmen killed in the Connaught Place fake encounter of 31 March 1997, holding the State's liability to compensate for the callous and wanton killing undoubted. With ten Crime Branch policemen led by ACP Satyavir Singh Rathi already convicted of murder at trial, the Court computed pecuniary dependency with CPI-indexed non-pecuniary compensation, interest and costs. It held that criminal trial, disciplinary action and constitutional-court reparation are three independent facets of accountability, and expressed surprise that Delhi Police rules let convicted murderers remain in service pending appeal.", "court_quote": "a sum of Rs. 15 lakhs being the compensation amount payable to the Petitioner and her two children. The Registrar General will within a week thereafter pay Rs. 5,00,000/- each to Jaspal Kaur and her two children on proper identification.", "court_quote_para": "33", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Rs 15L x 2 verified via mirror snippets + quotation in 2022 sequel (primary 429).", "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": "Other", "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": "2011-07-04", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Delhi High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 3,000,000.", "disposition": "Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)", "source": "(2011) 125 DRJ 273", "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_para", "officers", "sections" ] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1334822/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/708584/", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/30945257/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": false, "verified_by": [ "chunk-27" ], "merged_case_id": "DELHI-015", "officers_named_public": 6, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }