# Faridabad Man vs The State of Haryana and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 April 2014 in CWP No. 14953 of 2001, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ritu Bahri, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Incharge, Police Post, Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Constable (Moharrar), Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Head Constable, Police Station Central, Faridabad, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 7.4 lakh (Rs 7,39,400).

- Register number: HR 29 CW 0003
- Case reference: CWP No. 14953 of 2001
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ritu Bahri, J.), 4 April 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Incharge, Police Post, Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Constable (Moharrar), Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Head Constable, Police Station Central, Faridabad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 381 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Police Department has been negligent in keeping such a substance which is injurious to human life at large in the premises of the police post.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 7.4 lakh (Rs 7,39,400).
- 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/111804313/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0014)

**Record:** CW-2014-0014 (compiler id CWC-0682); case GAP8-004
**Title:** Faridabad Man vs The State of Haryana and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Ritu Bahri
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 14953 of 2001
**Judgment:** 2014-04-04 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-02-07 (1996)
**Place:** Faridabad, Haryana; city town: Faridabad; police station or unit: Police Post under Police Station Central, Sector-8, Faridabad; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 381; IPC 342; IPC 306; IPC 120-B
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Incharge, Police Post, Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Constable (Moharrar), Police Post, Faridabad (PS Central, Sector-8); Head Constable, Police Station Central, Faridabad (4 in record)
**Victims:** Faridabad man, age 34 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 7.4 lakh (Rs 7,39,400)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. A Faridabad man, a 34-year-old factory worker detained from 5 to 7 February 1996 in a theft case, died in the police-post lock-up on 7 February 1996 after consuming acid kept in the toilet. The SDM Faridabad's inquiry examined 24 persons and concluded the Incharge Police Post was grossly negligent and ASI guilty of abetment to suicide, finding death in custody after mental depression, physical torture and humiliation. The criminal trial under Sections 342/306/120-B IPC had ended in acquittal in 1997, but the High Court held that was no bar to compensation under Articles 32/226 following Nilabati Behera. The Court allowed the petition and directed the State to pay the widow Rs.7,39,400 with 9% interest from filing till realisation within three months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The Police Department has been negligent in keeping such a substance which is injurious to human life at large in the premises of the police post.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/111804313/)
**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
**display title redacted:** Faridabad Man vs The 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': '2014-04-04', '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 739,400.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'CWP No. 14953 of 2001', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/111804313/', '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 held custodial death after torture/negligence; Rs.7,39,400 compensation with 9% interest ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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