The Punjab and Haryana High Court disposed of a habeas corpus petition over eight Punjab youths picked up by a J&K police party led by DSP as suspected Kala Kachha gang members, holding a man (26) was kept confined illegally and tortured at PS Gangyal, Jammu. Arrested from Amritsar on 21 June 2003 without production before any Magistrate, he died on 3 July 2003 with 41 injuries including electric-shock marks; death was by haemorrhage and shock. The Court rejected the police version of release and death by illness, noting absent arrest memos and afterthought roznamcha entries, and awarded Rs 5 lakh against the State of J&K, recoverable from the DSP. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 6 May 2011 in CRWP No. 883 of 2003, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Jora Singh, J.) returned findings adverse to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Trainee SHO, Police Station Gangyal, Jammu, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 6 May 2011 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.
“Keeping in view 41 injuries on the person of deceased and the way deceased was tortured in police custody, State of Jammu and Kashmir, is directed to pay Rs. 5 lacs as compensation to the wife and the children of …” (para n/a (operative para, judgment p.32; paras unnumbered))
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 500,000.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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