# Payal Man vs State of Punjab and Others

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/120607/parminder-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2005-0004)

**Record:** CW-2005-0004 (compiler id CWC-0317); case PUNJAB-021
**Title:** Payal Man vs State of Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Ashutosh Mohunta
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 8705 of 2002 (O&M) / (2005) 02 P&H CK 0020
**Judgment:** 2005-02-11 (2005, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-03-31 (1993)
**Place:** Ludhiana, Punjab; city town: Payal; police station or unit: Punjab Police, Payal area; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 364; IPC 302; IPC 120B; IPC 201
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Payal area; Special Police Officer, Punjab Police; Police personnel, Punjab Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Payal man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> 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.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/120607/parminder-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Payal 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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2005-02-11', '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) 02 P&H CK 0020', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/120607/parminder-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**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 held killing prima facie on SHO's instructions by police officials and awarded Rs 3 lakh; matches adverse_finding_compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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