# Jandiala Guru Man vs State of Punjab and Others

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/175088/paramjit-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2006-0002)

**Record:** CW-2006-0002 (compiler id CWC-0312); case PUNJAB-016
**Title:** Jandiala Guru Man vs State of Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Nirmal Yadav
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Writ Petition 1774 of 1996 / (2006) 02 P&H CK 0174
**Judgment:** 2006-02-03 (2006, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-05-08 (1992)
**Place:** Amritsar, Punjab; city town: Jandiala Guru; police station or unit: Police Station Jandiala Guru; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 363; IPC 342; IPC 330; IPC 201; IPC 218; IPC 120B
**Officers (gated display forms):** 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 (9 in record)
**Victims:** Jandiala Guru man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 1,50,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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.

> custodial disappearance of petitioner's husband, is purely attributable to the remissness and failure of duty on the part of the police department.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/175088/paramjit-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:** 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:** Jandiala Guru 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': '2006-02-03', '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 150,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2006) 02 P&H CK 0174', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/175088/paramjit-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:** 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:** P&H HC held custodial disappearance attributable to police and awarded Rs 1.5 lakh; matches adverse_finding_compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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