CW-1999-0007Malerkotla, PunjabJudgment 28 September 1999

Malerkotla Man v. State of Punjab & Ors.

Replace limits sentence with the recorded police case: Inspector denied involvement and disputed the inquiry report (para 3); SSP Sangrur stated a Malerkotla man escaped custody, joined terrorists and was killed in the encounter with Inspector's party, FIR 21/1993 (para 4). Delete the Malerkotla-district sentence (compiler-added, unattributed). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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Report card

By judgment dated 28 September 1999 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 220 of 1997, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: T.H.B. Chalapathi, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Punjab Police; Inspector, Punjab Police (headed encounter party), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

Register number
PB 28 CW 0001
Case reference
Criminal Writ Petition No. 220 of 1997 / 2000(3) RCR (Crl) 403
Court and date
Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: T.H.B. Chalapathi, J.), 28 September 1999
Officer(s) at the material time
Inspector, Punjab Police; Inspector, Punjab Police (headed encounter party)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Not stated in the cited sources
Finding of the Court (extract)
“On the facts and circumstances of the case, I have no manner of doubt that the son of the petitioner [name withheld] alias a Malerkotla man was eliminated by the Govt. officials.” (at para 8)
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.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 28 September 1999 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“On the facts and circumstances of the case, I have no manner of doubt that the son of the petitioner [name withheld] alias a Malerkotla man was eliminated by the Govt. officials.” (para 8)

Institutional response

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28 Sep 1999

Order issued

Concluded
Punjab and Haryana High Court External · Binding

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: 2000(3) RCR (Crl) 403
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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