# Qazigund Man v. State of Jammu & Kashmir and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 November 1985 in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 1060 of 1985, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: O. Chinnappa Reddy, V. Khalid, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Superintendent of Police, Anantnag Police; Station House Officer, Pacca Danga Police Station, Jammu; Inspector, District Police Lines, Anantnag; Inspector General of Police, Jammu & Kashmir Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: JK 18 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 1060 of 1985 / (1985) 4 SCC 677
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: O. Chinnappa Reddy, V. Khalid, JJ.), 22 November 1985
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police, Anantnag Police; Station House Officer, Pacca Danga Police Station, Jammu; Inspector, District Police Lines, Anantnag; Inspector General of Police, Jammu & Kashmir Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 22(2) of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The police officers, of course, acted deliberately and mala fide and the Magistrate and the Sub Judge aided them either by colluding with them or by their casual attitude.” (at para 2)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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/1227505/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1985-0002)

**Record:** CW-1985-0002 (compiler id CWC-0333); case SUPREM-005
**Title:** Qazigund Man v. State of Jammu & Kashmir and Ors.
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: O. Chinnappa Reddy; V. Khalid
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 1060 of 1985 / (1985) 4 SCC 677
**Judgment:** 1985-11-22 (1985, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1985-09-10 (1985)
**Place:** Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir (district at time: Anantnag); city town: Qazigund; police station or unit: Qazigund Police Station / Pacca Danga Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution of India Art. 21; Constitution of India Art. 22(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police, Anantnag Police; Station House Officer, Pacca Danga Police Station, Jammu; Inspector, District Police Lines, Anantnag; Inspector General of Police, Jammu & Kashmir Police (4 in record)
**Victims:** Qazigund man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Supreme Court of India held that Member of Legislative Assembly a Qazigund man was arrested deliberately and mala fide by Jammu and Kashmir police at Qazigund on 10 September 1985 to prevent him from attending the Legislative Assembly session. The police unlawfully detained him until 14 September without production before a magistrate, obtaining fraudulent remand orders at magistrates' private residences without his physical presence. The Court held that police functionaries flouted constitutional mandates in gross violation of Articles 21 and 22(2). Exercising its jurisdiction under Article 32, the Supreme Court directed the State of Jammu and Kashmir to pay Rs 50,000 as exemplary compensation to the petitioner. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The police officers, of course, acted deliberately and mala fide and the Magistrate and the Sub Judge aided them either by colluding with them or by their casual attitude.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1227505/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** 2
**display title redacted:** Qazigund Man v. State of Jammu & Kashmir and Ors.
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1985-11-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1985) 4 SCC 677', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1227505/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** Supreme Court held J&K police acted deliberately and mala fide in illegally detaining MLA a Qazigund man, awarding Rs 50,000 exemplary compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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