CW-2006-0002Amritsar, PunjabJudgment 3 February 2006

Jandiala Guru Man vs State of Punjab and Others

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Replace final sentence ' ' with the police account from para 3: per the SSP's reply, a Jandiala Guru man was arrested 8.5.1992 at a naka with an unlicensed.30 bore mouser (FIR No.64, Arms Act), made a disclosure statement, and escaped in village Rattan Garh fields while being taken for arms recovery after asking to answer nature's call; he was declared a proclaimed offender. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 3 February 2006 in Criminal Writ Petition 1774 of 1996, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Nirmal Yadav, J.) returned findings adverse to 9 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Police Station Jandiala Guru; Inspector, Police Station Jandiala Guru; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Jandiala Guru; Constable, Punjab Police; Constable, Punjab Police; Constable, Punjab Police; Constable, Punjab Police; Punjab Home Guard, Attached to Punjab Police party; Constable Driver, Punjab Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000).

Register number
PB 02 CW 0007
Case reference
Criminal Writ Petition 1774 of 1996 / (2006) 02 P&H CK 0174
Court and date
Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Nirmal Yadav, J.), 3 February 2006
Officer(s) at the material time
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Police Station Jandiala Guru; Inspector, Police Station Jandiala Guru; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Jandiala Guru; Constable, Punjab Police; Constable, Punjab Police; Constable, Punjab Police; Constable, Punjab Police; Punjab Home Guard, Attached to Punjab Police party; Constable Driver, Punjab Police
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“custodial disappearance of petitioner's husband, is purely attributable to the remissness and failure of duty on the part of the police department.” (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.

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 3 February 2006 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“custodial disappearance of petitioner's husband, is purely attributable to the remissness and failure of duty on the part of the police department.” (para 9)

Institutional response

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3 Feb 2006

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 150,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2006) 02 P&H CK 0174
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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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