# Ludhiana Man v. State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 September 1995 in Crl. Misc. No. 3052-M of 1994 and connected, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: V. K. Jhanji, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana, Punjab Police; Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police; Station House Officer, PS Kotwali, Ludhiana Police; Station House Officer, PS Focal Point, Ludhiana Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000).

- Register number: PB 10 CW 0003
- Case reference: Crl. Misc. No. 3052-M of 1994 and connected / 1996 CriLJ 1037
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: V. K. Jhanji, J.), 14 September 1995
- Officer(s) at the material time: Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana, Punjab Police; Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police; Station House Officer, PS Kotwali, Ludhiana Police; Station House Officer, PS Focal Point, Ludhiana Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the light of the circumstantial evidence on record, it is established that Shri \[name withheld\], the then SSP Ludhiana, Shri \[name withheld\], SP, \[name withheld\] SHO PS Kotwali and \[name withheld\], SHO, P. S. Focal Point are responsible for …” (at para 17 (CBI report para 91))
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000).
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/1312117/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1995-0007)

**Record:** CW-1995-0007 (compiler id CWC-0532); case SWENFORC-009
**Title:** Ludhiana Man v. State of Punjab
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: V. K. Jhanji
**Case number / citation:** Crl. Misc. No. 3052-M of 1994 and connected / 1996 CriLJ 1037
**Judgment:** 1995-09-14 (1995, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-03-15 (1994)
**Place:** Ludhiana, Punjab; city town: Ludhiana; police station or unit: PS Focal Point / PS Kotwali, Ludhiana; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana, Punjab Police; Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police; Station House Officer, PS Kotwali, Ludhiana Police; Station House Officer, PS Focal Point, Ludhiana Police (4 in record)
**Victims:** Ludhiana man; Ludhiana man; Ludhiana man (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court acted on the CBI report establishing on circumstantial evidence that SSP Ludhiana Sumedh Saini, an SP and two SHOs caused the disappearance of businessman \[name withheld\], his brother-in-law and his driver after they left for Ludhiana on 15 March 1994 following a High Court appearance. The Court directed the CBI challan to be filed before the CJM Ambala for fair trial and ordered Rs 2 lakh interim ex gratia each to the wives and children of a Ludhiana man and a Ludhiana man Suo motu contempt against two officers was discharged with observations kept off the criminal trial's merits. The Supreme Court in 2000 recast only the sanction direction as a duty to consider, leaving interim relief undisturbed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the light of the circumstantial evidence on record, it is established that Shri \[name withheld\], the then SSP Ludhiana, Shri \[name withheld\], SP, \[name withheld\] SHO PS Kotwali and \[name withheld\], SHO, P. S. Focal Point are responsible for causing the disappearance of a Ludhiana man, a Ludhiana man and a Ludhiana man

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1312117/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ad8de4b0149711411aa9); [data.ensaaf.org](https://data.ensaaf.org/static/files/saini/pdf/Vinod_Kumar_S_O_Rattan_Singh_vs_State_Of_Punjab_on_14_September,_1995.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:** 17 (CBI report para 91)
**display title redacted:** Ludhiana Man v. 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': '1995-09-14', '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 400,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1996 CriLJ 1037', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1312117/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609ad8de4b0149711411aa9', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://data.ensaaf.org/static/files/saini/pdf/Vinod_Kumar_S_O_Rattan_Singh_vs_State_Of_Punjab_on_14_September,_1995.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:** P&H HC relied on CBI report fixing SSP/SP/SHOs; Rs 2L ex gratia per family; SC (2000) only recast sanction direction.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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