Add the recorded State side: respondents admitted the death and FIR 5/2003 s.304-A against nine jail + two police officials (para 3); State counsel contended it was an emergency, no negligence, no liability (para 6). Drop the false 'police version is not recorded' sentence.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 29 May 2004 in Civil Writ Petition No. 550 of 2004, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Binod Kumar Roy, Surya Kant, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 2 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Jalandhar; Head Constable, Punjab Police, Jalandhar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs 2,50,000).
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 29 May 2004 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Holding not recorded separately.
“at least on account of gross negligence committed by the officials of the Jail and Police Departments of the State of Punjab, if not killed by one of them by administering poison, we are of the view that the ends …” (para 13)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 250,000.
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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