# Gurdaspur Man and Another v. State of Punjab and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 September 2001 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 14150-M of 1994 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: V. M. Jain, J.) returned findings adverse to the Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: PB 06 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Miscellaneous No. 14150-M of 1994 (O&M) / (2005) 1 RCR (Criminal) 581
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: V. M. Jain, J.), 11 September 2001
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “However, taking into consideration that \[name withheld\] was allegedly kidnapped by ASI \[name withheld\] and other police officials, and his whereabouts were not known since July, 1993, in my opinion, the ends of justice would be fully met in case …” (at para 9)
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/153425/karnail-singh-and-another-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent-1/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2001-0007)

**Record:** CW-2001-0007 (compiler id CWC-0535); case SWENFORC-014; aliases: CWC-0620
**Title:** Gurdaspur Man and Another v. State of Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: V. M. Jain
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Miscellaneous No. 14150-M of 1994 (O&M) / (2005) 1 RCR (Criminal) 581
**Judgment:** 2001-09-11 (2001, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-07-17 (1993)
**Place:** Gurdaspur, Punjab; police station or unit: Punjab Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 364; IPC 120B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Gurdaspur man, age 45 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Hedge actor/date: counsel submitted \[name withheld\] was abducted 17.7.1993 by ASI and others (para 5); sessions inquiry did not establish allegations (para 3); court compensated on 'allegedly kidnapped' basis after CBI challan (para 9). Add State contention that no compensation case made as nothing shows murder (para 5); drop false limits sentence. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> However, taking into consideration that \[name withheld\] was allegedly kidnapped by ASI \[name withheld\] and other police officials, and his whereabouts were not known since July, 1993, in my opinion, the ends of justice would be fully met in case Punjab Government through Chief Secretary is directed to pay a sum of Rs. 3 lacs as compensation to the legal heirs of said \[name withheld\], deceased.

**Sources (3):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/153425/karnail-singh-and-another-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent-1/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/80798392/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/540493/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** enforced_disappearance
**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:** 9
**display title redacted:** Gurdaspur Man and Another v. State of Punjab and Others
**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': '2001-09-11', '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 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2005) 1 RCR (Criminal) 581', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/153425/karnail-singh-and-another-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent-1/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/80798392/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/540493/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** enforced disappearance
**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:** Full judgment read; CBI found s.364/120B against ASI; Rs 3L apportioned to widow, father and sons.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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