The Punjab and Haryana High Court (Justice G. S. Chahal) held on the father's habeas petition that Punjab Police caused the disappearance of a Kharar man after arresting him at Kharar on 6 February 1991 and detaining him without justification or recovery. The court rejected the police abscondance account as false and a lame excuse, accepting the Sessions Judge Ropar's inquiry findings of arrest with ulterior motive. It held the State liable for its officers and ordered Rs 50,000 compensation (Rs 10,000 to each parent, Rs 20,000 to the wife, Rs 10,000 in fixed deposit for the minor child) within two months, with 12% interest on default. No individual officer is named in the order's findings and no prosecution was directed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 5 February 1992 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 211 of 1991, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: G. S. Chahal, J.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 5 February 1992 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“After hearing the learned counsel, I accept the arguments of Mr. Navkiran Singh that the police has caused disappearance of a Kharar man The State is liable for the action of its officers for such matters.” (para 3)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 50,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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