# Barnala Man v. State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 September 2009 in Criminal Appeal No. 332-DB of 1998 with Criminal Misc. No. 35100 of 2009, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Mehtab S. Gill, Jitendra Chauhan, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Sarabjit Rai (Sub-Inspector); Darshan Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Darshan Singh (Deputy Superintendent of Police); Madan Gopal (Superintendent of Police), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 crore (Rs 1,00,00,000).

- Register number: PB 19 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 332-DB of 1998 with Criminal Misc. No. 35100 of 2009
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Mehtab S. Gill, Jitendra Chauhan, JJ.), 23 September 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sarabjit Rai (Sub-Inspector); Darshan Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Darshan Singh (Deputy Superintendent of Police); Madan Gopal (Superintendent of Police)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Perjury has been committed by the complainant party and the Investigating Officers. They stated lies before the learned trial Court, to get a favourable verdict of conviction against the appellants, which they succeeded in doing so.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 crore (Rs 1,00,00,000).
- 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/1692258/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0015)

**Record:** CW-2009-0015 (compiler id CWC-0736); case SWILLEGA-096
**Title:** Barnala Man v. State of Punjab
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Mehtab S. Gill; Jitendra Chauhan
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 332-DB of 1998 with Criminal Misc. No. 35100 of 2009
**Judgment:** 2009-09-23 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-06-20 (1996)
**Place:** Barnala, Punjab; city town: Barnala; police station or unit: Barnala / Raikot investigation, Punjab Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** CrPC s.340; CrPC s.482; Constitution Art. 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sarabjit Rai (Sub-Inspector); Darshan Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector); Darshan Singh (Deputy Superintendent of Police); Madan Gopal (Superintendent of Police) (4 in record)
**Victims:** Barnala man; Barnala man; Barnala man; Barnala man; Barnala man (5 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 crore (Rs 1,00,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Replace final sentence with: The prosecution case (PW7 statement) and the State's reply narrating FIR No.171/2008 are set out in the judgment; counsel for SI Sarabjit Rai, DSP Darshan Singh and SP Madan Gopal expressly declined to address merits lest it prejudice their clients in proceedings the court might initiate. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Perjury has been committed by the complainant party and the Investigating Officers. They stated lies before the learned trial Court, to get a favourable verdict of conviction against the appellants, which they succeeded in doing so.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1692258/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Barnala Man v. State of Punjab
**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': '2009-09-23', '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 10,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 332-DB of 1998 with Criminal Misc. No. 35100 of 2009', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1692258/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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 held police fabricated murder case, acquitted 5, awarded Rs 20 lakh each + s.340 perjury; subcategory corrected.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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