# Dhilwan Man vs State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 January 2011 in CWP No. 18326 of 2009, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ranjan Gogoi, Adarsh Kumar Goel, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Dhilwan; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Dhilwan; Head Constable, Police Station Dhilwan; Head Constable, Police Station Dhilwan, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: PB 09 CW 0002
- Case reference: CWP No. 18326 of 2009 / (2011) 01 P&H CK 0216
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ranjan Gogoi, Adarsh Kumar Goel, JJ.), 28 January 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Dhilwan; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Dhilwan; Head Constable, Police Station Dhilwan; Head Constable, Police Station Dhilwan
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is patent from the findings of the Judicial Magistrate as well as IGP Crime that the deceased was kept in illegal custody on 4.9.2009 without conducting his medical examination and without recording his arrest.” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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/142505/court-on-its-own-motion-vs-state-of-punjab/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0002)

**Record:** CW-2011-0002 (compiler id CWC-0316); case PUNJAB-020
**Title:** Dhilwan Man vs State of Punjab
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Ranjan Gogoi; Adarsh Kumar Goel
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 18326 of 2009 / (2011) 01 P&H CK 0216
**Judgment:** 2011-01-28 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-09-05 (2009)
**Place:** Kapurthala, Punjab; city town: Dhilwan; police station or unit: Police Station Dhilwan; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 304; IPC 341; IPC 342; IPC 201; IPC 120B; IPC 306
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Police Station Dhilwan; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Dhilwan; Head Constable, Police Station Dhilwan; Head Constable, Police Station Dhilwan (4 in record)
**Victims:** Dhilwan man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. Replace final sentence ' ' with: Per para 7, SI 's stand was that on MHC \[name withheld\]'s telephonic message he called a doctor, who gave an injection and advised hospital; the deceased was taken to hospital at 11.30 PM, put on oxygen, and died there; HC and ASI took a similar stand. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is patent from the findings of the Judicial Magistrate as well as IGP Crime that the deceased was kept in illegal custody on 4.9.2009 without conducting his medical examination and without recording his arrest.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/142505/court-on-its-own-motion-vs-state-of-punjab/)
**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
**court quote para:** 7
**display title redacted:** Dhilwan Man vs 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': '2011-01-28', '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 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2011) 01 P&H CK 0216', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/142505/court-on-its-own-motion-vs-state-of-punjab/', '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:** P&H HC DB recorded illegal custody plus death in custody with Rs 1 lakh interim compensation and ordered CBI probe; matches adverse_finding_compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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