# Phoolwati @ Phullo vs National Capital Territory of Delhi

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 February 2000, the Delhi High Court (Coram: Anil Dev Singh, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; SHO, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: DL 08 CW 0002
- Case reference: 2000 II AD (Delhi) 537; 2000 CriLJ 1613; 84 (2000) DLT 177
- Court and date: Delhi High Court (Coram: Anil Dev Singh, J.), 4 February 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; SHO, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “From the perusal of the report of the S.D.M. it cannot be denied that the a Siraspur man died in police custody as a result of beating given by the police personnel.” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).
- 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/893577/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2000-0001)

**Record:** CW-2000-0001 (compiler id CWC-0120); case DELHI-029
**Title:** Phoolwati @ Phullo vs National Capital Territory of Delhi
**Court:** Delhi High Court; judges: Anil Dev Singh
**Case number / citation:** 2000 II AD (Delhi) 537; 2000 CriLJ 1613; 84 (2000) DLT 177
**Judgment:** 2000-02-04 (2000, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-12-02 (1992)
**Place:** North West Delhi, Delhi; city town: Siraspur; police station or unit: Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 226; Constitution Art. 21; CrPC 176
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; Sub-Inspector, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; SHO, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police; Police personnel, Police Station Samaypur Badli, Delhi Police (7 in record)
**Victims:** Siraspur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Delhi High Court awarded Rs 3 lakh for the custodial death of a Siraspur man at PS Samaypur Badli. On 2 December 1992 a seven-man police party led by SI came looking for the victim's cousins, beat a Siraspur man with lathis at his Siraspur home and again at the police station; he died the next evening in custody at Hindu Rao Hospital of haemorrhagic shock from a fractured femur and multiple injuries. The SDM's Section 176 inquest held the death resulted from police beating, and the CBI chargesheeted seven policemen plus three private persons. The State offered no explanation for the injuries, and the Court held it vicariously liable under Article 21. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> From the perusal of the report of the S.D.M. it cannot be denied that the a Siraspur man died in police custody as a result of beating given by the police personnel.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/893577/)
**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:** Phoolwati @ Phullo vs 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2000-02-04', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2000 II AD (Delhi) 537; 2000 CriLJ 1613; 84 (2000) DLT 177', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/893577/', '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:** Lathi-beating custodial death; Rs 3L compensation, seven policemen CBI-chargesheeted.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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