{ "record_id": "CW-2026-0010", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0222", "alias_merged_ids": [ "CWC-1482" ], "display_title": "Raghogarh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors", "display_title_redacted": "Raghogarh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors", "state": "Madhya Pradesh", "district": "Guna", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Raghogarh", "police_station_or_unit": "Police Station Raghogarh", "court": "Madhya Pradesh High Court", "court_as_verified": "Madhya Pradesh High Court", "bench": "Gwalior", "case_title": "Raghogarh Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors", "case_number": "Writ Appeal No. 516 of 2026", "citation": "2026 LiveLaw (MP) 69", "judges": [ "Anand Pathak", "Anil Verma" ], "judgment_date": "2026-02-24", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2026, "incident_date": "2011-05-07", "incident_year": 2011, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "misconduct", "admin_subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory": "extortion", "subcategory_display": "extortion", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld", "sections": [ "IPC 365", "IPC 392", "IPC 34", "Constitution of India Article 226" ], "officers": [ { "name": null, "rank": "Assistant Sub-Inspector", "unit": "Police Station Raghogarh", "role": "held_liable", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "key2_openrouter:unclear" ], "ledger_role": "held_liable", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": "yes", "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "unclear", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.52, "jev_p_culpable": 0.87, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "none_found", "name_public": null, "display": "Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Raghogarh" }, { "name": null, "rank": "Constable", "unit": "Police Station Raghogarh", "role": "named_only", "publish_grade": "unnamed", "gate_reasons": [ "ledger:named_only", "key2:no", "key2_agy:no", "key2_openrouter:unclear" ], "ledger_role": "named_only", "key2": "no", "key2_agy": "no", "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "unclear", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.91, "jev_p_culpable": 0.07, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": null, "name_public": null, "display": "Constable, Police Station Raghogarh" } ], "officer_count": 2, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "Raghogarh man" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "dismissal", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://lawbeat.in/pdf_upload/sultan-singh-nagar-v-state-of-mp-2131645.pdf", "secondary_sources": [ "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-dismisses-assistant-sub-inspectors-appeal-against-termination-525278", "https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-high-court-upholds-dismissal-of-assistant-sub-inspector-in-gold-loot-case-despite-acquittal-1569093", "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/banks-guardian-turned-robber-mp-hc-upholds-dismissal-of-police-officer-who-looted-gold-525278" ], "summary": "The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. Assistant Sub-Inspector and Constable of Raghogarh Police Station, Guna, along with accomplices, de-boarded complainant [name withheld] from the Rajdhani Express at Kota railway station and looted approximately 4 kg of gold. Although the officer was subsequently acquitted by the criminal court due to hostile witnesses, a departmental inquiry found the charges of abduction and robbery proved, leading to his dismissal from service on May 11, 2021. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) dismissed his writ appeal, ruling that acquittal in a criminal case based on benefit of doubt does not bar departmental disciplinary proceedings and that looting and abduction by a police officer fully justified dismissal.", "summary_verified": "Assistant Sub-Inspector and Constable of Raghogarh Police Station, Guna, along with accomplices, de-boarded complainant [name withheld] from the Rajdhani Express at Kota railway station and looted approximately 4 kg of gold. Although the officer was subsequently acquitted by the criminal court due to hostile witnesses, a departmental inquiry found the charges of abduction and robbery proved, leading to his dismissal from service on May 11, 2021. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) dismissed his writ appeal, ruling that acquittal in a criminal case based on benefit of doubt does not bar departmental disciplinary proceedings and that looting and abduction by a police officer fully justified dismissal.", "court_quote": "Therefore, relying upon the aforesaid law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court, this Court is of the considered opinion that mere acquittal by Criminal Court would not debar an employer from exercising the power to conduct departmental proceedings in accordance with the rules and regulations. Both proceedings; criminal and departmental, are entirely different.", "court_quote_para": "14", "confidence": "high", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) upheld the dismissal of Assistant Sub-Inspector for abducting and looting ~4kg of gold from a passenger.", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "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" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": "2026-02-24", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Madhya Pradesh High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.", "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only", "source": "2026 LiveLaw (MP) 69", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [ { "date": "2026-09-19", "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass", "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)", "result": "holds", "corrections_applied": [] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://lawbeat.in/pdf_upload/sultan-singh-nagar-v-state-of-mp-2131645.pdf", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-dismisses-assistant-sub-inspectors-appeal-against-termination-525278", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-high-court-upholds-dismissal-of-assistant-sub-inspector-in-gold-loot-case-despite-acquittal-1569093", "link_checked": null }, { "url": "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/banks-guardian-turned-robber-mp-hc-upholds-dismissal-of-police-officer-who-looted-gold-525278", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-07", "chunk-46" ], "merged_case_id": "MADHYA-007", "officers_named_public": 0, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }