# Malerkotla Man v. State of Punjab & Ors.

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/152581/gurbachan-kaur-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-respondent-1/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0007)

**Record:** CW-1999-0007 (compiler id CWC-0568); case SWFAKEEN-034
**Title:** Malerkotla Man v. State of Punjab & Ors.
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: T.H.B. Chalapathi
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 220 of 1997 / 2000(3) RCR (Crl) 403
**Judgment:** 1999-09-28 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-03-13 (1993)
**Place:** Malerkotla, Punjab (district at time: Sangrur); city town: Malerkotla; police station or unit: Punjab Police (Sangrur/Patiala); PS Malerkotla (FIR No. 21 of 1993); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, Punjab Police; Inspector, Punjab Police (headed encounter party) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Malerkotla man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/152581/gurbachan-kaur-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-respondent-1/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Malerkotla Man v. State of Punjab & Ors.
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1999-09-28', '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': '2000(3) RCR (Crl) 403', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/152581/gurbachan-kaur-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-respondent-1/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**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:** Law student on parole eliminated in fake encounter near Malerkotla; Rs 1.5L to family.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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