# Amritsar Man vs State of Punjab and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 September 2017 in CRWP 655-2011 with CRM-W-300-2011, CRM-M-14644-2011, CWP 8613-2011, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Kuldip Singh, J.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: SP/DSP, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Sub-Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).

- Register number: PB 02 CW 0010
- Case reference: CRWP 655-2011 with CRM-W-300-2011, CRM-M-14644-2011, CWP 8613-2011
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Kuldip Singh, J.), 25 September 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: SP/DSP, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Sub-Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “There was dereliction of duty, which was even found in the departmental proceedings and the guilty officials/officers were awarded punishment.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
- 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/197018445/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0011)

**Record:** CW-2017-0011 (compiler id CWC-0315); case PUNJAB-019
**Title:** Amritsar Man vs State of Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Kuldip Singh
**Case number / citation:** CRWP 655-2011 with CRM-W-300-2011, CRM-M-14644-2011, CWP 8613-2011
**Judgment:** 2017-09-25 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-03-14 (2011)
**Place:** Amritsar, Punjab; city town: Amritsar; police station or unit: State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** SP/DSP, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Sub-Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar; Inspector, State Special Operation Cell (SSOC), Amritsar (4 in record)
**Victims:** Amritsar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court awarded Rs 10 lakh to Bhupinder Kaur, widow of an Amritsar man @ an Amritsar man, picked up on 3 March 2011 by SSOC officers, held in illegal custody before remand, and found hanged in the Joint Interrogation Cell on 14 March 2011. Though medical and magisterial inquiries found suicide, the Court held police duty-bound for his safety, found dereliction already punished departmentally, and noted custody-period injuries pointing to torture. It directed payment within two months and dismissed the CBI-probe plea. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> There was dereliction of duty, which was even found in the departmental proceedings and the guilty officials/officers were awarded punishment.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/197018445/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Amritsar Man vs State of Punjab 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': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2017-09-25', '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 1,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'CRWP 655-2011 with CRM-W-300-2011, CRM-M-14644-2011, CWP 8613-2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/197018445/', '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:** P&H HC found dereliction in custodial death and awarded Rs 10 lakh; matches adverse_finding_compensation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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