CW-2005-0004Ludhiana, PunjabJudgment 11 February 2005

Payal Man vs State of Punjab and Others

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Replace limits sentence with: respondents denied the allegations (denial simplicitor) and the DC pleaded the 20.10.1994 compensation instructions inapplicable and the matter sub judice (para 5). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 11 February 2005 in CWP No. 8705 of 2002 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ashutosh Mohunta, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Payal area; Special Police Officer, Punjab Police; Police personnel, Punjab Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

Register number
PB 10 CW 0004
Case reference
CWP No. 8705 of 2002 (O&M) / (2005) 02 P&H CK 0020
Court and date
Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ashutosh Mohunta, J.), 11 February 2005
Officer(s) at the material time
Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Payal area; Special Police Officer, Punjab Police; Police personnel, Punjab Police
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“it prima facie appears that a Payal man was done to death on the instructions of S.H.[name withheld] (respondent No.7) by [name withheld] and his co-accused, who are also police officials.” (at para 7)
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.

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 11 February 2005 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“it prima facie appears that a Payal man was done to death on the instructions of S.H.[name withheld] (respondent No.7) by [name withheld] and his co-accused, who are also police officials.” (para 7)

Institutional response

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11 Feb 2005

Order issued

Concluded
Punjab and Haryana High Court External · Binding

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2005) 02 P&H CK 0020
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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