# State of Punjab and Others Rajpura Man

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## Report card

By judgment dated 10 February 1975, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Bal Raj Tuli, J.) returned findings adverse to the Constable (driver), Punjab Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 40,000.

- Register number: PB 11 CW 0001
- Case reference: AIR 1975 P&H 294
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Bal Raj Tuli, J.), 10 February 1975
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (driver), Punjab Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 22 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “That the driver was at fault and negligent in the performance of his duties, is abundantly clear on the record.” (at para 8)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 40,000.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/639744/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1975-0002)

**Record:** CW-1975-0002 (compiler id CWC-1058); case GAP3-109-005
**Title:** State of Punjab and Others Rajpura Man
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Bal Raj Tuli
**Case number / citation:** AIR 1975 P&H 294
**Judgment:** 1975-02-10 (1975, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1957-07-16 (1957)
**Place:** Patiala, Punjab; city town: Rajpura; police station or unit: Punjab Police (van PNE 4615 escort party); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 22
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (driver), Punjab Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Rajpura man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 40,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the State's appeal and upheld the Rs 40,000 damages decree against the State and constable-driver \[name withheld\] in favour of lawyer a Rajpura man, a Save Hindi agitation volunteer arrested at Chandigarh station on 15 July 1957, detained at Chandimandar and then conveyed at night in police van PNE 4615. The court held the arrest without warrant, non-production before a Magistrate and conveyance for dispersal were without statutory authority and not a sovereign function. It found the exhausted driver, whose plea for relief was refused, dozed off near Rajpura and struck a tree, crushing the plaintiff's left arm — negligence, not an act of God. The suit against AIG A.\[name withheld\] was dismissed and nothing was awarded for the detention itself; all then in undivided Punjab. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> That the driver was at fault and negligent in the performance of his duties, is abundantly clear on the record.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/639744/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 8
**display title redacted:** State of Punjab and Others Rajpura Man
**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
**institutional response:** {'date': '1975-02-10', '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 40,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'AIR 1975 P&H 294', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/639744/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; Rs 40,000 decree against named constable-driver and State upheld on appeal. Compensable wrong is negligent injury in custody, not the detention itself.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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