# Chandigarh Man vs State Of Ut Chandigarh And Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 July 2025 in CRM-M No. 36362 of 2025, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh (Coram: \[name withheld\], J.) adjudicated the matter concerning the Superintendent of Police (SIT in-charge), Chandigarh Police.

- Register number: CH 01 CW 0023
- Case reference: CRM-M No. 36362 of 2025
- Court and date: High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh (Coram: \[name withheld\], J.), 16 July 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police (SIT in-charge), Chandigarh Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Section 109, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Finding of the Court (extract): “there are no prospects of free and fair investigation in the case” (at para quoted in report of judgment)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/60554382/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0078)

**Record:** CW-2025-0078 (compiler id CWC-1383); case cop-ch-hc-0
**Title:** Chandigarh Man vs State Of Ut Chandigarh And Others
**Court:** High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; judges: \[name withheld\]
**Case number / citation:** CRM-M No. 36362 of 2025
**Judgment:** 2025-07-16 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-03-13 (2025)
**Place:** Chandigarh, Chandigarh; police station or unit: Special Investigation Team, Chandigarh Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** Section 109, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police (SIT in-charge), Chandigarh Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chandigarh man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court held that there are no prospects of a free and fair investigation of the assault case by the Investigating Agency of UT, Chandigarh. The Court found that the Chandigarh Police SIT was proceeding in a tainted manner to give benefit to the accused serving police officials and was trying to create loopholes in the investigation. The Court noted that the SIT called the accused untraceable though all were serving police officials and had already made up its mind to delete the attempt-to-murder charge. The Court withdrew the investigation from UT, Chandigarh with immediate effect and handed it to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The Supreme Court later dismissed the accused officers' petition challenging the transfer, leaving the High Court's order intact.

> there are no prospects of free and fair investigation in the case

**Sources (4):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/60554382/); [theprint.in](https://theprint.in/judiciary/sit-making-craters-in-probe-hcs-earful-to-chandigarh-police-in-colonel-bath-assault-case/2692785/); [theprint.in](https://theprint.in/india/colonel-assault-3-months-ago-chandigarh-sit-was-handed-case-for-fair-probe-now-accused-cops-untraceable/2693325/); [barandbench.com](https://www.barandbench.com/news/army-officer-assault-punjab-and-haryana-hc-says-chandigarh-police-probe-tainted-transfers-case-to-cbi)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** quoted in report of judgment
**display title redacted:** Chandigarh Man vs State Of Ut Chandigarh And Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-07-16', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': 'CRM-M No. 36362 of 2025', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/60554382/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://theprint.in/judiciary/sit-making-craters-in-probe-hcs-earful-to-chandigarh-police-in-colonel-bath-assault-case/2692785/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://theprint.in/india/colonel-assault-3-months-ago-chandigarh-sit-was-handed-case-for-fair-probe-now-accused-cops-untraceable/2693325/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.barandbench.com/news/army-officer-assault-punjab-and-haryana-hc-says-chandigarh-police-probe-tainted-transfers-case-to-cbi', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/60554382/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 source URL is invalid: indiankanoon.org/doc/136695872/ returns 'Invalid input: digits only' (no such document). All other case facts verified via ThePrint (2692785, 2693325), Bar and Bench (headline confirms tainted-probe/CBI-transfer), and a valid Indian Kanoon Supreme Court order (doc 60554382, SLP Diary No. 41450/2025) which confirms CRM-M No. 36362/2025, HC order dated 16-07-2025, and the Supreme Court's dismissal of the accused police officers' SLP on 04-08-2025.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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