The judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court records the following account. On 25 October 1991 police fired on unarmed striking workers of Bhawani Cotton Mill, Abohar, killing six workers and two boys and injuring eighteen others; the police then registered FIR No.179 against the labourers claiming self-defence. On the workers' petition the High Court ordered a DIG-rank investigation in 1997, and the Additional Sessions Judge, Ferozepur convicted four policemen in December 2013. The Division Bench held there was no lawful order to fire on the peaceful assembly and that the counter-case was foisted to save the officials. It converted the Section 302/149 convictions to Section 304 Part-II/149 (quantum hearing fixed 26 September 2019), upheld the Sections 148 and 307/149 and Section 27 Arms Act convictions, abated the appeal of the deceased appellant, and directed the State to pay compensation to eight bereaved families and seventeen injured workmen with 9% interest from the incident date.
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How verification works →By judgment dated 12 September 2019 in CRA-D-109-DB of 2014 with CRA-D-146-DB of 2014 and CRA-D-298-DB of 2014, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Rajiv Sharma, Harinder Singh Sidhu, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Abohar; Head Constable, Punjab Police, Abohar; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Abohar; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Punjab Police, Abohar, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 41.1 lakh (Rs 41,08,000).
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 12 September 2019 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
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“The appellants may not have the intention to cause death of the labourers, but they knew that firing at the unarmed mob would result in deaths.” (para 104)
The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.
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