# Qadian Man vs Senior Superintendent of Police, Batala and Another

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 July 1999 in CWP No. 134 of 1996, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: R.L. Anand, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Gurmeet Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Station House Officer, Police Station Qadian, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: PB 06 CW 0001
- Case reference: CWP No. 134 of 1996 / (1999) 07 P&H CK 0045
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: R.L. Anand, J.), 14 July 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time: Gurmeet Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Station House Officer, Police Station Qadian
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “it can be reasonably established that a Qadian man was tortured and the damage was caused to him when he remained in custody of ASI Gurmeet Singh.” (at para 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/130447/shiv-dev-singh-vs-senior-superintendent-of-police-batala/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0006)

**Record:** CW-1999-0006 (compiler id CWC-0318); case PUNJAB-022
**Title:** Qadian Man vs Senior Superintendent of Police, Batala and Another
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: R.L. Anand
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 134 of 1996 / (1999) 07 P&H CK 0045
**Judgment:** 1999-07-14 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1995-12-28 (1995)
**Place:** Gurdaspur, Punjab; city town: Qadian; police station or unit: Police Station Qadian; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Gurmeet Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Station House Officer, Police Station Qadian (2 in record)
**Victims:** Qadian man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court held a Qadian man, picked up without valid reason by Qadian police, was tortured with third-degree methods in ASI Gurmeet Singh's custody, fracturing both hip joints and permanently disabling him. The Court set aside the first Sessions enquiry, endorsed the supplementary report drawing an adverse inference against the ASI, and found the clean-chit medical board report of 30 December 1995 was procured by police pressure on doctors. It awarded Rs 1.5 lakh interim compensation against the State with recovery rights against defaulting officers. Torture by SHO was held not proved.

> it can be reasonably established that a Qadian man was tortured and the damage was caused to him when he remained in custody of ASI Gurmeet Singh.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/130447/shiv-dev-singh-vs-senior-superintendent-of-police-batala/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Qadian Man vs Senior Superintendent of Police, Batala and Another
**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': '1999-07-14', '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 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1999) 07 P&H CK 0045', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/130447/shiv-dev-singh-vs-senior-superintendent-of-police-batala/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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 held torture in ASI's custody established and awarded Rs 1.5 lakh interim compensation; matches adverse_finding_compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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