# Rewari Man vs State of Haryana and others

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46383923/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0010)

**Record:** CW-2013-0010 (compiler id CWC-0159); case HARYAN-005
**Title:** Rewari Man vs State of Haryana and others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: K. Kannan
**Case number / citation:** Civil Writ Petition No. 5439 of 2002
**Judgment:** 2013-08-27 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-09-20 (1990)
**Place:** Rewari, Haryana; city town: Rewari; police station or unit: Police Station Sadar Rewari; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; IPC 307; IPC 323; IPC 34; IPC 367; IPC 302; IPC 342; IPC 120
**Officers (gated display forms):** Inspector, Police Station Sadar Rewari; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Sadar Rewari (2 in record)
**Victims:** Rewari man, age 23 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

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).

> The State has to therefore be responsible for burdened with compensation for the ultimate cause of death.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46383923/)
**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:** 2
**display title redacted:** Rewari Man 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2013-08-27', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Civil Writ Petition No. 5439 of 2002', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/46383923/', '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:** High Court awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation with 6% interest for custodial death of petitioner's 23-year-old son, recoverable from convicted police officers.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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