# Jalandhar Man vs State of Punjab and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 May 2004 in Civil Writ Petition No. 550 of 2004, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Binod Kumar Roy, Surya Kant, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Jalandhar; Head Constable, Punjab Police, Jalandhar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).

- Register number: PB 08 CW 0002
- Case reference: Civil Writ Petition No. 550 of 2004 / (2004) 05 P&H CK 0097
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Binod Kumar Roy, Surya Kant, JJ.), 29 May 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Jalandhar; Head Constable, Punjab Police, Jalandhar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “at least on account of gross negligence committed by the officials of the Jail and Police Departments of the State of Punjab, if not killed by one of them by administering poison, we are of the view that the ends …” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/157826/priti-thapar-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2004-0002)

**Record:** CW-2004-0002 (compiler id CWC-0313); case PUNJAB-017
**Title:** Jalandhar Man vs State of Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Binod Kumar Roy; Surya Kant
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Petition No. 550 of 2004 / (2004) 05 P&H CK 0097
**Judgment:** 2004-05-29 (2004, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2001-05-04 (2001)
**Place:** Jalandhar, Punjab; city town: Jalandhar; police station or unit: Punjab Police, Jalandhar (escort/court duty); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 304A
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Jalandhar; Head Constable, Punjab Police, Jalandhar (2 in record)
**Victims:** Jalandhar man, age 28 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Add the recorded State side: respondents admitted the death and FIR 5/2003 s.304-A against nine jail + two police officials (para 3); State counsel contended it was an emergency, no negligence, no liability (para 6). Drop the false 'police version is not recorded' sentence.

> at least on account of gross negligence committed by the officials of the Jail and Police Departments of the State of Punjab, if not killed by one of them by administering poison, we are of the view that the ends of justice will be sufficiently met by awarding a compensation to the tune of Rs. 2.50 lacs.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/157826/priti-thapar-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Jalandhar Man 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': \['court_quote', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2004-05-29', '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 250,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2004) 05 P&H CK 0097', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/157826/priti-thapar-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/', '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:** P&H HC DB held death due to gross negligence of jail and police officials, awarded Rs 2.5 lakh; matches adverse_finding_compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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