# Kaithal Woman vs State of Haryana and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 27 May 2011 in Crl. Misc. No. M-42311 of 2007 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ritu Bahri, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Kaithal police (Manoj-Babli security detail); Sub-Inspector, Kaithal police; Police personnel, Kaithal police escort party, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000).

- Register number: HR 08 CW 0003
- Case reference: Crl. Misc. No. M-42311 of 2007 (O&M)
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ritu Bahri, J.), 27 May 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Kaithal police (Manoj-Babli security detail); Sub-Inspector, Kaithal police; Police personnel, Kaithal police escort party
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “it is directed that Rs.3 lacs each on account of death of a Kaithal man and a Kaithal woman be paid to the petitioner as compensation” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000).
- 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/60381696/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0030)

**Record:** CW-2011-0030 (compiler id CWC-0894); case GAP2-50-001
**Title:** Kaithal Woman vs State of Haryana and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Ritu Bahri
**Case number / citation:** Crl. Misc. No. M-42311 of 2007 (O&M)
**Judgment:** 2011-05-27 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-06-15 (2007)
**Place:** Kaithal, Haryana; city town: Kaithal; police station or unit: Kaithal police (Manoj-Babli security detail); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Kaithal police (Manoj-Babli security detail); Sub-Inspector, Kaithal police; Police personnel, Kaithal police escort party (3 in record)
**Victims:** Kaithal man; Kaithal woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. A Kaithal man and a Kaithal woman, both majors, married on 7 April 2007 against a Kaithal woman's family's wishes, and the Sessions Judge Kaithal directed the SP Kaithal to ensure their safety while granting a Kaithal man anticipatory bail on 12 June 2007. After recording Section 164 CrPC statements on 15 June 2007, the couple left Kaithal in a police gypsy, but the escort party took a written no-protection note and left them at Pipli without informing superiors, while HC leaked their whereabouts to the accused; their bodies were recovered from Barwala Link Canal on 23 June 2007. The trial court convicted all the private accused on 25 March 2010 and observed the police had abandoned the couple. Relying on D.K. Basu and \[name withheld\] v. State of Punjab, the High Court rejected the State's nascent Victim Compensation Scheme defence and directed Rs 3 lakh each for the two deaths (Rs 6 lakh total) to petitioner \[name withheld\], allowing the petition. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> it is directed that Rs.3 lacs each on account of death of a Kaithal man and a Kaithal woman be paid to the petitioner as compensation

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/60381696/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** Kaithal Woman vs State of Haryana 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2011-05-27', '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 600,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Crl. Misc. No. M-42311 of 2007 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/60381696/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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:** State held liable for abandoned court-ordered protection; Rs 6 lakh compensation ordered — adverse_finding_compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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