# Lohar Majra Man v. State of Haryana and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 9 February 2015 in CWP No. 7697 of 1999, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: K. Kannan, J.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Superintendent of Police, Kurukshetra; Station House Officer / Investigating Officer, Kurukshetra, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: HR 07 CW 0001
- Case reference: CWP No. 7697 of 1999 / 2015(1) ILR Punjab and Haryana 566
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: K. Kannan, J.), 9 February 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police, Kurukshetra; Station House Officer / Investigating Officer, Kurukshetra
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Malice is writ large in a situation that apart from prosecuting an innocent person, grave suspects were allowed to go scot-free by inept investigation and a motivated attempt to screen the real accused.” (at para 6)
- 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://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/CWP_7697_1999.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0002)

**Record:** CW-2015-0002 (compiler id CWC-0162); case HARYAN-008; aliases: CWC-0589; CWC-1478
**Title:** Lohar Majra Man v. State of Haryana and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: K. Kannan
**Case number / citation:** CWP No. 7697 of 1999 / 2015(1) ILR Punjab and Haryana 566
**Judgment:** 2015-02-09 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-12-27 (1993)
**Place:** Kurukshetra, Haryana; city town: Lohar Majra; police station or unit: Pehowa Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police, Kurukshetra; Station House Officer / Investigating Officer, Kurukshetra (2 in record)
**Victims:** Lohar Majra man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

A Lohar Majra man's daughter was found raped and murdered on 27-12-1993; after he named three suspects to the SHO, he was himself detained, arrested and prosecuted for her rape and murder. The court found, relying on an earlier PIL finding and a CBI report, that the investigation was inept and motivated: the suspects were never interrogated, fingerprints were never collected, and recovery-memo evidence was manipulated. It held the petitioner had suffered malicious prosecution and unjustified incarceration at the hands of the SHO as Investigating Officer with the Superintendent of Police as mentor. The State was ordered to pay Rs. 5 lakh with 9% interest from the date of petition plus Rs. 10,000 costs, with liberty to recover from the two officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Malice is writ large in a situation that apart from prosecuting an innocent person, grave suspects were allowed to go scot-free by inept investigation and a motivated attempt to screen the real accused.

**Sources (5):** [highcourtchd.gov.in](https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/CWP_7697_1999.pdf); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/61135315/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/16142980/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/prosecution-of-an-innocent-man-for-rape-and-murder-violates-his-human-rights-and-he-is-entitled-to-compensation-punjab-haryana-hc); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/184376/ram-sarup-appellant-hash-state-of-haryana-and-others-respondent-2/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Lohar Majra Man v. 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2015-02-09', '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': '2015(1) ILR Punjab and Haryana 566', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/CWP_7697_1999.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/61135315/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/16142980/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/prosecution-of-an-innocent-man-for-rape-and-murder-violates-his-human-rights-and-he-is-entitled-to-compensation-punjab-haryana-hc', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/184376/ram-sarup-appellant-hash-state-of-haryana-and-others-respondent-2/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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:** Primary judgment verified: Rs.5 lakh + 9% interest for malicious prosecution by named SHO and SP.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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