# Hariana Man vs State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 May 1995 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 5 of 1995 In Criminal Writ Petition No. 125 of 1993, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: V.S. Aggarwal, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Hariana Police Station; Constable, Hariana Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: PB 07 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 5 of 1995 In Criminal Writ Petition No. 125 of 1993 / (1995) 3 RCR (Criminal) 110
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: V.S. Aggarwal, J.), 17 May 1995
- Officer(s) at the material time: Inspector, Hariana Police Station; Constable, Hariana Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On 11.8.1994, a Single Bench of this Court directed that a case be registered against \[name withheld\], SHO incharge of the police station and the police party headed by him. It was further directed that investigation should be conducted by …” (at para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/142840/hazura-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1995-0003)

**Record:** CW-1995-0003 (compiler id CWC-0308); case PUNJAB-012
**Title:** Hariana Man vs State of Punjab
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: V.S. Aggarwal
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Miscellaneous No. 5 of 1995 In Criminal Writ Petition No. 125 of 1993 / (1995) 3 RCR (Criminal) 110
**Judgment:** 1995-05-17 (1995, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-03-06 (1993)
**Place:** Hoshiarpur, Punjab; city town: Hariana; police station or unit: Hariana Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 224; CrPC 482
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, Hariana Police Station; Constable, Hariana Police Station (2 in record)
**Victims:** Hariana man, age 30 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana awarded Rs 1,00,000 compensation to the family of a Hariana man, who was eliminated in police custody. A Hariana man had been arrested on 30 December 1992 by Inspector of PS Hariana, and police subsequently claimed he escaped on 6 March 1993 while being led by Constable to recover hidden weapons. An inquiry conducted by the Sessions Judge, Hoshiarpur, rejected the police escape story and concluded that a Hariana man was in all probability eliminated by the police party. The High Court accepted the inquiry report and directed the State to pay compensation for the benefit of the deceased's four children, wife, and elderly parents. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On 11.8.1994, a Single Bench of this Court directed that a case be registered against \[name withheld\], SHO incharge of the police station and the police party headed by him. It was further directed that investigation should be conducted by an officer not below the rank of Inspector General of Police, Crimes, or Inspector General of Police, Internal Vigilance.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/142840/hazura-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-respondent/); [journals.law.harvard.edu](https://journals.law.harvard.edu/hrj/wp-content/uploads/sites/83/2020/06/15HHRJ269-Kaur.pdf)
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** Hariana Man vs State of Punjab
**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': '1995-05-17', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1995) 3 RCR (Criminal) 110', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/142840/hazura-singh-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://journals.law.harvard.edu/hrj/wp-content/uploads/sites/83/2020/06/15HHRJ269-Kaur.pdf', '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:** Punjab & Haryana HC accepted inquiry finding that a Hariana man was eliminated by police after staged escape, awarding Rs 1,00,000 compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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