# Phallian Mandal, Satwari Man And Another vs State Of J&K And Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 August 2023 in OWP No. 791/2009 (O&M), the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Rajnesh Oswal, J.) returned findings adverse to the In-charge and personnel on duty, Police Post Phallian Mandal (Makwal), PS Satwari, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 8 lakh (Rs 8,00,000).

- Register number: JK 02 CW 0002
- Case reference: OWP No. 791/2009 (O&M)
- Court and date: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (Coram: Rajnesh Oswal, J.), 4 August 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: In-charge and personnel on duty, Police Post Phallian Mandal (Makwal), PS Satwari
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Ranbir Penal Code; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Once the Government has accepted the death as 'custodial death' and has paid sum of Rs. 1 lac as ex-gratia, the respondents are estopped from denying the death of the victim in police custody.” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 8 lakh (Rs 8,00,000).
- 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/106453139/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0021)

**Record:** CW-2023-0021 (compiler id CWC-0057); case CHANDI-003
**Title:** Phallian Mandal, Satwari Man And Another vs State Of J&K And Others
**Court:** Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court (verified as High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh); bench: Jammu; judges: Rajnesh Oswal
**Case number / citation:** OWP No. 791/2009 (O&M)
**Judgment:** 2023-08-04 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-02-17 (2007)
**Place:** Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir; city town: Phallian Mandal (Makwal), Satwari; police station or unit: Police Post Phallian Mandal (Makwal), Police Station Satwari; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** RPC 302; Constitution of India Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** In-charge and personnel on duty, Police Post Phallian Mandal (Makwal), PS Satwari (1 in record)
**Victims:** Phallian Mandal, Satwari man, age 18 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 8 lakh (Rs 8,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu awarded compensation to the parents of 18-year-old a Phallian Mandal, Satwari man, picked up from home on February 17, 2007 by Police Post Phallian Mandal staff and found unconscious with visible injury marks at the post within about 90 minutes, later declared dead at hospital. A magisterial enquiry by the Additional District Development Commissioner Jammu held it a custodial death prima facie against the post's personnel; the Government accepted the report, paid Rs. 1 lakh ex gratia and registered FIR No. 201/2007 under Section 302 RPC at PS Satwari. Holding the State estopped from denying custodial death, the Court computed Rs. 9,00,000 total on Motor Vehicles Act principles and, adjusting the ex gratia already paid, directed payment of Rs. 8,00,000 with 6% interest from filing of the writ petition within two months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Once the Government has accepted the death as 'custodial death' and has paid sum of Rs. 1 lac as ex-gratia, the respondents are estopped from denying the death of the victim in police custody.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/106453139/)
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Phallian Mandal, Satwari Man And Another vs State Of J&K 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-08-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 800,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'OWP No. 791/2009 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/106453139/', '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:** J&K HC (Jammu) held 18-year-old a Phallian Mandal, Satwari man died in police custody at PP Phallian Mandal and awarded Rs. 8 lakh compensation (plus Rs. 1 lakh ex gratia already paid).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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