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CW-2013-0010Rewari, HaryanaJudgment 27 August 2013

Rewari Man vs State of Haryana and others

Replace 'beaten to death' with attributed wording: the petitioner alleged her son was beaten mercilessly in custody (para 1); the court held death resulted from the conduct of respondents 3 and 4 with illegal detention established (para 2). Drop 'at PS Sadar Rewari' as the detention site (not stated).

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Report card

By judgment dated 27 August 2013 in Civil Writ Petition No. 5439 of 2002, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: K. Kannan, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Police Station Sadar Rewari; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sadar Rewari, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

Register number
HR 36 CW 0002
Case reference
Civil Writ Petition No. 5439 of 2002
Court and date
Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: K. Kannan, J.), 27 August 2013
Officer(s) at the material time
Inspector, Police Station Sadar Rewari; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sadar Rewari
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 367 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The State has to therefore be responsible for burdened with compensation for the ultimate cause of death.” (at para 2)
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.

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Current position

The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 27 August 2013 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Evidence position

Recorded allegations

1
Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

Attributed to the court

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The State has to therefore be responsible for burdened with compensation for the ultimate cause of death.” (para 2)
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Institutional response

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27 Aug 2013

Order issued

Concluded
Punjab and Haryana High Court External · Binding

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: Civil Writ Petition No. 5439 of 2002
Not yet re-checked.
Continuing record

Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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