# Katra Woman and Others v. Government of Jammu and Kashmir and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 12 August 2016 in Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 118 of 2007, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. K. Sikri, R. K. Agrawal, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000).

- Register number: JK 20 CW 0002
- Case reference: Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 118 of 2007 / 2016 SCC OnLine SC 814
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. K. Sikri, R. K. Agrawal, JJ.), 12 August 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Jammu and Kashmir Police (Katra dispersal force))
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On the other hand, even the police personnel continued the use of force beyond limits after they had controlled the mob. In the process, they continued their lathi charge. They continued to beat up all the three petitioners even after …” (at para 14)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000).
- 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/139222628/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2016-0005)

**Record:** CW-2016-0005 (compiler id CWC-0070); case SWDISPRO-004; aliases: CWC-0595
**Title:** Katra Woman and Others v. Government of Jammu and Kashmir and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: A. K. Sikri; R. K. Agrawal
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 118 of 2007 / 2016 SCC OnLine SC 814
**Judgment:** 2016-08-12 (2016, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-08-07 (2007)
**Place:** Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir; city town: Katra; police station or unit: Jammu and Kashmir Police (Katra dispersal force); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** disproportionate force
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (0 in record)
**Victims:** Katra woman (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 4 lakh (Rs 4,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Supreme Court held Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel misused power and violated the fundamental rights of three petitioners during the 7 August 2007 dispersal near Katra of about 2,000 Jammu migrant protesters marching to Delhi. The Court found initial force justified as the agitation turned violent, but held police continued the lathi charge beyond limits and kept beating all three petitioners even after overpowering and virtually apprehending them. Finding the petitioners partly to blame, the Court declined criminal action and a special investigation, granting only compensation of Rs 2 lakh to petitioner1 and Rs 1 lakh each to petitioner2 and 3. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On the other hand, even the police personnel continued the use of force beyond limits after they had controlled the mob. In the process, they continued their lathi charge. They continued to beat up all the three petitioners even after overpowering them.

**Sources (4):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/139222628/); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2016/08/13/unfortunate-that-the-use-of-force-by-police-to-control-hooliganism-and-vandalism-by-the-protestors-results-in-public-anger-against-the-police/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/right-peaceful-protest-fundamental-right-sc); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/688570/anita-thakur-ors-appellant-hash-govt-of-jk-ors-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** disproportionate_force
**allegations:** {'category': 'Protest policing', '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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Katra Woman and Others v. Government of Jammu and Kashmir 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': '2016-08-12', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 400,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '2016 SCC OnLine SC 814', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/139222628/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2016/08/13/unfortunate-that-the-use-of-force-by-police-to-control-hooliganism-and-vandalism-by-the-protestors-results-in-public-anger-against-the-police/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/right-peaceful-protest-fundamental-right-sc', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/688570/anita-thakur-ors-appellant-hash-govt-of-jk-ors-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** disproportionate force
**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:** Excessive post-control lathi charge held proved; Rs 4L total compensation; no criminal action.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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