# Zira Man v. S.H.O., Police Station Sadar (Zira)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 August 1990, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ujagar Singh, J.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector (Station House Officer), Police Station Sadar, Zira, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 25,000.

- Register number: PB 05 CW 0001
- Case reference: 1991 ACJ 439
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ujagar Singh, J.), 18 August 1990
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (Station House Officer), Police Station Sadar, Zira
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Till today, there is no definite evidence that the detenu has been eliminated or otherwise he is no more in the world, but this is certain that his whereabouts are not known to the petitioner or others concerned with him. …” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 25,000.
- 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/1955894/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1990-0006)

**Record:** CW-1990-0006 (compiler id CWC-1057); case GAP3-109-004
**Title:** Zira Man v. S.H.O., Police Station Sadar (Zira)
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Ujagar Singh
**Case number / citation:** 1991 ACJ 439
**Judgment:** 1990-08-18 (1990, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1987-07-03 (1987)
**Place:** Ferozepur, Punjab; city town: Zira; police station or unit: Police Station Sadar, Zira; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (Station House Officer), Police Station Sadar, Zira (1 in record)
**Victims:** Zira man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 25,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court held Sub-Inspector, SHO of Police Station Sadar Zira, guilty of the illegal arrest of a Zira man, taken from his home at 6 a.m. on 3 July 1987 and seen behind bars at the police station before his whereabouts became unknown. Accepting the District and Sessions Judge Ferozepore's enquiry report, the court rejected the respondent's alibi built on daily-diary entries, observing such entries can be manufactured where a person is illegally arrested with an ulterior motive such as elimination by false encounter. Since it was unascertained whether the detenu was alive or dead, the court directed SI to deposit Rs 25,000 as interim compensation and consigned the petition with liberty to revive it and seek further compensation if elimination is established. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Till today, there is no definite evidence that the detenu has been eliminated or otherwise he is no more in the world, but this is certain that his whereabouts are not known to the petitioner or others concerned with him. For all this, respondent must be held guilty.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1955894/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** enforced_disappearance
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Zira Man v. S.H.O., Police Station Sadar (Zira)
**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': '1990-08-18', '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 25,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1991 ACJ 439', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1955894/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** enforced disappearance
**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; illegal arrest proved, officer personally liable for Rs 25,000 interim compensation; detenu's fate unknown (disappearance).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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