CW-2013-0003Mahendragarh, HaryanaJudgment 14 February 2013

Narnaul Man vs State of Haryana & Ors

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. Replace closing sentence ' ' with the attributed police version: per FIR No.351 dated 13/10/2008 lodged by ASI (para 4), a Narnaul man, a wanted accused, fired at the Bawal police party which returned fire in self-defence; respondents' counsel maintained it was a genuine encounter (para 6). Also replace 'due to the lapse of more than four years' with the court's own words: fresh investigation 'at this distant point of time, will be an exercise in futility' (para 13). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 14 February 2013 in Criminal Appeal No. 306 of 2013, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Aftab Alam, Ranjana Prakash Desai, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 4 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Bawal, District Rewari; Head Constable, Police Station Bawal, District Rewari; Constable, Police Station Bawal, District Rewari; Station House Officer, Police Station City Narnaul, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000).

Register number
HR 34 CW 0001
Case reference
Criminal Appeal No. 306 of 2013 / (2013) 14 SCC 290
Court and date
Supreme Court of India (Coram: Aftab Alam, Ranjana Prakash Desai, JJ.), 14 February 2013
Officer(s) at the material time
Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Bawal, District Rewari; Head Constable, Police Station Bawal, District Rewari; Constable, Police Station Bawal, District Rewari; Station House Officer, Police Station City Narnaul
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Finding of the Court (extract)
“After carefully perusing the inquiry report dated 17/11/2008 submitted by Tahsildar, Narnaul and the inquiry report dated 7/1/2011 submitted by the Additional Deputy Commissioner and other relevant record, we are inclined to agree with learned counsel for the appellant and …” (at para 8)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 20 lakh (Rs 20,00,000).
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 14 February 2013 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“After carefully perusing the inquiry report dated 17/11/2008 submitted by Tahsildar, Narnaul and the inquiry report dated 7/1/2011 submitted by the Additional Deputy Commissioner and other relevant record, we are inclined to agree with learned counsel for the appellant and …” (para 8)

Institutional response

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14 Feb 2013

Order issued

Concluded
Supreme Court of India External · Binding

The Supreme Court of India recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 2,000,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: (2013) 14 SCC 290
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(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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