# Pandav Nagar Man and Another vs Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 October 1999 in Criminal Writ Petition No. 1015/98, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Anil Dev Singh, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: DL 04 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Writ Petition No. 1015/98 / 2000 III AD (Delhi) 474; 84 (2000) DLT 348
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Anil Dev Singh, J.), 11 October 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi 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 circumstances, therefore, we have no manner of doubt that it is a case of custodial death.” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/562113/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0008)

**Record:** CW-1999-0008 (compiler id CWC-0121); case DELHI-030
**Title:** Pandav Nagar Man and Another vs Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Anil Dev Singh
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition No. 1015/98 / 2000 III AD (Delhi) 474; 84 (2000) DLT 348
**Judgment:** 1999-10-11 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-11-29 (1993)
**Place:** West Delhi, Delhi; city town: Pandav Nagar; police station or unit: Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police; Constable, Police Station Patel Nagar, Delhi Police (4 in record)
**Victims:** Pandav Nagar man, age 21 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 2 lakh for the custodial killing of 21-year-old a Pandav Nagar man at PS Patel Nagar. Picked up on 29 November 1993 for interrogation, he was beaten to death within about 90 minutes; constables dumped his body at DDU Hospital claiming he was found near a railway track, and the first post-mortem opined poisoning. An NHRC-appointed Additional Sessions Judge's enquiry demolished the cover stories through independent witnesses and held one ASI and three constables responsible, a finding the Court adopted. The Court held it undoubtedly a custodial death by third-degree torture and ordered compensation over and above the NHRC's Rs 50,000 interim award. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the circumstances, therefore, we have no manner of doubt that it is a case of custodial death.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/562113/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Pandav Nagar Man and Another vs Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1999-10-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Delhi High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Delhi High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2000 III AD (Delhi) 474; 84 (2000) DLT 348', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/562113/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** 90-minute custodial killing with railway-track cover story; Rs 2L over NHRC interim award.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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