# Ludhiana Man vs State of Punjab and others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 January 2013 in CWP No. 5166 of 1994, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: G.S. Sandhawalia, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ludhiana; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ludhiana; Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sudhar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: PB 10 CW 0007
- Case reference: CWP No. 5166 of 1994
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: G.S. Sandhawalia, J.), 15 January 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ludhiana; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ludhiana; Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sudhar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Accordingly, the present writ petition is allowed and the petitioner is awarded a sum of Rs. 5 lacs for the death of her son who had been picked up by the police officials and was shot dead in a police …” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/137061167/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0001)

**Record:** CW-2013-0001 (compiler id CWC-0305); case SWENFORC-011
**Title:** Ludhiana Man vs State of Punjab and others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: G.S. Sandhawalia
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 5166 of 1994
**Judgment:** 2013-01-15 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-07-19 (1989)
**Place:** Ludhiana, Punjab; city town: Ludhiana; police station or unit: Police Station Sudhar, Ludhiana; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ludhiana; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Ludhiana; Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sudhar (4 in record)
**Victims:** Ludhiana man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. A Ludhiana man, a B.Sc. student of Punjab Agricultural University, was forcibly picked up from his Ludhiana home on 9 July 1989 by a police party headed by DSP; his father telegraphed the Chief Justice apprehending torture and false implication, which was treated as habeas corpus CrWP 2301 of 1989. The family then learned from a newspaper report that a Ludhiana man had been killed in an encounter on 19 July 1989. The High Court rejected the State's delay and disputed-facts objections, holding the admitted pickup followed by encounter death established the Article 21 infringement. Finding Rs. 5,00,000 reasonable compensation for the aggrieved mother, the Court allowed the writ and directed payment within two months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Accordingly, the present writ petition is allowed and the petitioner is awarded a sum of Rs. 5 lacs for the death of her son who had been picked up by the police officials and was shot dead in a police encounter.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/137061167/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/161316/harchet-kaur-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** fake_encounter_extrajudicial_killing
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Ludhiana 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': \['court_quote', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2013-01-15', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'CWP No. 5166 of 1994', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/137061167/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/161316/harchet-kaur-appellant-hash-state-of-punjab-and-others-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** fake encounter extrajudicial killing
**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 allowed writ for student picked up from home and shot dead in encounter, awarding Rs 5 lakh to mother.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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