# Batala Man vs State of Punjab and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 March 2009 in Criminal Misc. No. 19560-M of 2002, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: SHO, Police Station Rangar Nangal, Batala; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police (recovery party), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: PB 06 CW 0004
- Case reference: Criminal Misc. No. 19560-M of 2002
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J.), 2 March 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: SHO, Police Station Rangar Nangal, Batala; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police (recovery party)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 25 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 54 of the Arms Act, 1959; Section 59 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “A Batala man, son of the petitioner, aged 20 years was in custody of the police. The police was duty bound to ensure safety to his life.”
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/1568180/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0012)

**Record:** CW-2009-0012 (compiler id CWC-0714); case GAP8-008
**Title:** Batala Man vs State of Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Misc. No. 19560-M of 2002
**Judgment:** 2009-03-02 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-06-14 (1992)
**Place:** Gurdaspur, Punjab; city town: Batala; police station or unit: Police Station Rangar Nangal, Batala; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Arms Act s.25; Arms Act s.54; Arms Act s.59
**Officers (gated display forms):** SHO, Police Station Rangar Nangal, Batala; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police (recovery party) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Batala man, age 20 (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. FIR No.146 is dated 13.06.1992 (PS Sadar Batala, ss 25/54/59 Arms Act) — i.e. arrest shown a day BEFORE the alleged 14.6.1992 pickup, not 'later shown arrested'. Reword to: '...while the police showed him arrested in FIR No.146 dated 13.6.1992 under the Arms Act (PS Sadar Batala).'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> A Batala man, son of the petitioner, aged 20 years was in custody of the police. The police was duty bound to ensure safety to his life.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1568180/)
**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
**display title redacted:** Batala 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': '2009-03-02', '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': 'Criminal Misc. No. 19560-M of 2002', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1568180/', '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:** HC disbelieved police recovery-encounter story; Rs.3 lakh compensation for death in custody ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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