# Rupnagar Woman v. State of Punjab and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 October 2020 in CRWP No. 777 of 2019 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Rajiv Sharma, Harinder Singh Sidhu, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Erring officials who kept detenues under detention, Police Station City Rupnagar (Ropar), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: PB 12 CW 0003
- Case reference: CRWP No. 777 of 2019 (O&M)
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Rajiv Sharma, Harinder Singh Sidhu, JJ.), 6 October 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time: Erring officials who kept detenues under detention, Police Station City Rupnagar (Ropar)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “exact text (para 6): 'As observed by the Ld. Single Judge even if it is accepted that some persons had tried to cause harm to the detenues, even then, both of them could not be kept in the police station …” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/191363216/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2020-0006)

**Record:** CW-2020-0006 (compiler id CWC-0603); case SWILLEGA-024
**Title:** Rupnagar Woman v. State of Punjab and Others
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Rajiv Sharma; Harinder Singh Sidhu
**Case number / citation:** CRWP No. 777 of 2019 (O&M)
**Judgment:** 2020-10-06 (2020, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2019-09-02 (2019)
**Place:** Rupnagar, Punjab; city town: Rupnagar; police station or unit: Police Station City Rupnagar (Ropar); force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Erring officials who kept detenues under detention, Police Station City Rupnagar (Ropar) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Rupnagar woman; Rupnagar woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. A Rupnagar woman is a Rupnagar woman's SISTER (both daughters of Sh. Parvinder Singh), not her daughter; the absconding accused \[name withheld\] is a Rupnagar woman's husband and petitioner \[name withheld\]'s father — a Rupnagar woman is his sister-in-law, not his daughter. Rewrite as: 'a Rupnagar woman and her sister \[name withheld\]... wife and sister-in-law of murder accused \[name withheld\], who was evading arrest.'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> exact text (para 6): 'As observed by the Ld. Single Judge even if it is accepted that some persons had tried to cause harm to the detenues, even then, both of them could not be kept in the police station for two days without even making entry in the roznamcha and also without informing the District/Illaqa Magistrate. Their continued detention cannot but be termed as illegal.' — record drops the 'As observed by the Ld. Single Judge' prefix and capitalises 'Even'; restore verbatim

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/191363216/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/mother-daughter-duo-detained-by-police-without-making-any-entry-in-official-records-ph-hc-awards-compensation-of-rs-2-lakh-164135); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5f9624749fca1938d41680ab)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** Rupnagar Woman v. 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': \['court_quote', 'summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2020-10-06', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'CRWP No. 777 of 2019 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/191363216/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/mother-daughter-duo-detained-by-police-without-making-any-entry-in-official-records-ph-hc-awards-compensation-of-rs-2-lakh-164135', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5f9624749fca1938d41680ab', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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: 2-day detention without roznamcha entry held illegal; Rs.2 lakh total.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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