# Srinagar Man vs The State and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 May 2002 in Misc. Petition No. 197 of 1995 (u/s 491 CrPC), the Jammu and Kashmir High Court (Coram: Syed Bashir-Ud-Din, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Superintendent of Police, CID, Counter-Insurgency Kashmir (CIK), Srinagar; Police personnel, 41st Battalion, Border Security Force, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

- Register number: JK 01 CW 0001
- Case reference: Misc. Petition No. 197 of 1995 (u/s 491 CrPC) / 2002 CriLJ 3904
- Court and date: Jammu and Kashmir High Court (Coram: Syed Bashir-Ud-Din, J.), 14 May 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police, CID, Counter-Insurgency Kashmir (CIK), Srinagar; Police personnel, 41st Battalion, Border Security Force
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 491 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 8 of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The only conclusion to be drawn is that a Srinagar man has disappeared while in physical custody of the respondent No. 3, the main and chief culprit in the matter.” (at para 9)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/1562983/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0023)

**Record:** CW-2002-0023 (compiler id CWC-0862); case GAP2-41-006
**Title:** Srinagar Man vs The State and Others
**Court:** Jammu and Kashmir High Court; judges: Syed Bashir-Ud-Din
**Case number / citation:** Misc. Petition No. 197 of 1995 (u/s 491 CrPC) / 2002 CriLJ 3904
**Judgment:** 2002-05-14 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1995-07-09 (1995)
**Place:** Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir; city town: Srinagar; police station or unit: Police Station CIK, Srinagar; 41st Bn BSF; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.491; Arms Act 1959 s.25; J&K PSA 1978 s.8; Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police, CID, Counter-Insurgency Kashmir (CIK), Srinagar; Police personnel, 41st Battalion, Border Security Force
**Victims:** Srinagar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court disposed of a 1995 habeas corpus petition concerning a Srinagar man, picked up by the 41st Bn BSF on 09.07.1995 during a Maharaja Gunj crackdown and booked at Police Station CIK, thereafter untraceable. Adopting the Additional District and Sessions Judge (Srinagar) enquiry, the court disbelieved both the BSF escape story and the State's denial of custody. It held the subject disappeared while in the physical custody of respondent No. 3 (SP, CID-CIK), termed him the main and chief culprit, and awarded Rs 1.5 lakh compensation with liberty to recover from the responsible officers. It also ordered registration of a criminal case and time-bound investigation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The only conclusion to be drawn is that a Srinagar man has disappeared while in physical custody of the respondent No. 3, the main and chief culprit in the matter.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1562983/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/993901/mushtaq-ahmed-chacha-appellant-hash-the-state-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** Srinagar Man vs The State 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \['sections'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2002-05-14', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jammu and Kashmir High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2002 CriLJ 3904', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1562983/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/993901/mushtaq-ahmed-chacha-appellant-hash-the-state-and-others-respondent/', '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:** Mirror text verified: Rs 1.5L compensation for custodial disappearance; criminal case ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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