# Batala Man and another vs State of Punjab and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 12 November 2002 in Civil Writ Petition No. 1294 of 1996, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: K.S. Garewal, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Police Station Sadar Batala; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sadar Batala; Constable, Police Station Sadar Batala, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000).

- Register number: PB 06 CW 0003
- Case reference: Civil Writ Petition No. 1294 of 1996 / (2002) 11 P&H CK 0058
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: K.S. Garewal, J.), 12 November 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Police Station Sadar Batala; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sadar Batala; Constable, Police Station Sadar Batala
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Compensation for death in police custody is an independent remedy which the heirs of the deceased are entitled to irrespective of the outcome of the criminal trial.” (at para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000).
- 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/128171/varinder-kaur-and-another-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0009)

**Record:** CW-2002-0009 (compiler id CWC-0303); case PUNJAB-007; aliases: CWC-1433
**Title:** Batala Man and another vs State of Punjab and others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: K.S. Garewal
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Petition No. 1294 of 1996 / (2002) 11 P&H CK 0058
**Judgment:** 2002-11-12 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-01-01 (1996)
**Place:** Gurdaspur, Punjab; city town: Batala; police station or unit: Police Station Sadar Batala; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 120B; IPC 364; IPC 342; Article 21; Article 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Deputy Superintendent of Police, Police Station Sadar Batala; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sadar Batala; Constable, Police Station Sadar Batala (3 in record)
**Victims:** Batala man; Batala man; Batala man (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 9 lakh (Rs 9,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Reword enquiry finding to: Addl. Sessions Judge did not establish abduction by the named ASI/constable but found it appeared from the evidence they had been abducted by the police (para 1). No 'eliminated' finding was recorded by the enquiry. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Compensation for death in police custody is an independent remedy which the heirs of the deceased are entitled to irrespective of the outcome of the criminal trial.

**Sources (4):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/128171/varinder-kaur-and-another-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/); [highcourtchd.gov.in](https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/CRWP_769_1995.pdf); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=612002172000&Title=VARINDER-KAUR-Vs.-STATE-OF-PUNJAB); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/137061167/)
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** Batala Man and another vs 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': \['court_quote_para', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2002-11-12', '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 900,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2002) 11 P&H CK 0058', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/128171/varinder-kaur-and-another-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/CRWP_769_1995.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=612002172000&Title=VARINDER-KAUR-Vs.-STATE-OF-PUNJAB', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/137061167/', '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:** P&H HC accepted ASJ report that three men were abducted by Batala police and eliminated, awarding Rs 3 lakh each to three families.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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