# Ganderbal Man vs Union of India and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 October 2011 in OWP No. 352 of 2007, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court (Coram: Mansoor Ahmad Mir, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Special Operations Group, Ganderbal; Special Police Officer, Special Operations Group, Ganderbal, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000).

- Register number: JK 16 CW 0001
- Case reference: OWP No. 352 of 2007 / (2011) 4 JKJ 327
- Court and date: Jammu and Kashmir High Court (Coram: Mansoor Ahmad Mir, J.), 22 October 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Special Operations Group, Ganderbal; Special Police Officer, Special Operations Group, Ganderbal
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: J&K SRO 43
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Admittedly in terms of the report of Investigating Officer, respondents have admitted that investigation was conducted and it was established during such investigation that two Police Officers, \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\] were involved in the death of the deceased …” (at para 8)
- 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/195667152/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0043)

**Record:** CW-2011-0043 (compiler id CWC-1310); case GAP3-94-001
**Title:** Ganderbal Man vs Union of India and Others
**Court:** Jammu and Kashmir High Court; bench: Srinagar; judges: Mansoor Ahmad Mir
**Case number / citation:** OWP No. 352 of 2007 / (2011) 4 JKJ 327
**Judgment:** 2011-10-22 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-01-01 (2002)
**Place:** Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir; city town: Ganderbal; police station or unit: Special Operations Group, Ganderbal; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** J&K SRO 43
**Officers (gated display forms):** Deputy Superintendent of Police, Special Operations Group, Ganderbal; Special Police Officer, Special Operations Group, Ganderbal (2 in record)
**Victims:** Ganderbal man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 3 lakh (Rs 3,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Ganderbal man was arrested by SOG personnel at Ganderbal and killed in custody, his body handed to relatives the next day; local police refused to register an FIR until the High Court ordered it (FIR No. 107/2002). The court recorded the State's admission that its own investigation had established the involvement of DySP \[name withheld\] and SPO \[name withheld\] in the death, and that the criminal case was later closed as untraced after both officers died. The court held the family had lost its sole bread earner, awarded Rs 3 lakh compensation saddled on the State Government payable within three months, and directed the State to consider the petitioner for compassionate appointment under SRO 43 with age relaxation. It clarified the award would not bar the family from seeking further compensation through appropriate remedy. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Admittedly in terms of the report of Investigating Officer, respondents have admitted that investigation was conducted and it was established during such investigation that two Police Officers, \[name withheld\] and \[name withheld\] were involved in the death of the deceased and thus have deprived the sole bread earner to the writ petitioner and his family.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/195667152/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/990593/parweeza-begum-appellant-hash-union-of-india-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Ganderbal Man vs Union of India 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': '2011-10-22', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jammu and Kashmir High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 300,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(2011) 4 JKJ 327', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/195667152/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/990593/parweeza-begum-appellant-hash-union-of-india-and-others-respondent/', '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 recorded State's admission that two police officers killed the detainee in custody; Rs 3 lakh compensation ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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