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 "display_title": "Ravindra Singh Gurjar vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.",
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 "court": "Madhya Pradesh High Court",
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 "case_title": "Ravindra Singh Gurjar vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.",
 "case_number": "WP No. 45186 of 2025",
 "citation": "2026:MPHC-IND:16427; 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 230",
 "judges": [
  "Jai Kumar Pillai"
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 "judgment_date": "2026-06-23",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2026,
 "incident_date": "2023-06-15",
 "incident_year": 2023,
 "category": "Other",
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 "admin_subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
 "subcategory": "illegal_detention_false_imprisonment",
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 "outcome_type": "disciplinary_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "Constitution Art 226",
  "JJ Act 2015"
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   "name": "Ravindra Singh Gurjar",
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   "display": "Sub-Inspector, Police Station Vijay Nagar, Indore"
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 "victims": [
  {
   "age": 16,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "Indore boy, age 16",
   "name": null
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  {
   "age": 16,
   "gender": "male",
   "descriptor": "a 16-year-old boy"
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 "force": "state_police",
 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/06/24/ravindra-singh-gurjar-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-682111.pdf",
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  "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/mp-police-sho-demotion-upheld-negligence-illegal-custodial-detention-of-minor-538836"
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 "summary": "On 15.06.2023, while Inspector Ravindra Singh Gurjar was SHO of Vijay Nagar Police Station, Indore, four youths picked up over suspected gambling were kept at the station; the santari register recorded a 16-year-old boy as aged 16, yet he was illegally detained past midnight and released only after subordinates took Rs. 10,000 from the families. A departmental enquiry proved supervisory negligence and Juvenile violations, leading to a major penalty of demotion to Sub-Inspector for three years, confirmed in appeal and revision. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) dismissed his writ petition, holding the enquiry fair, the charges fully supported, and the demotion proportionate to his command responsibility. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "On 15.06.2023, while Inspector Ravindra Singh Gurjar was SHO of Vijay Nagar Police Station, Indore, four youths picked up over suspected gambling were kept at the station; the santari register recorded Harendra Singh as aged 16, yet he was illegally detained past midnight and released only after subordinates took Rs. 10,000 from the families. A departmental enquiry proved supervisory negligence and Juvenile violations, leading to a major penalty of demotion to Sub-Inspector for three years, confirmed in appeal and revision. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) dismissed his writ petition, holding the enquiry fair, the charges fully supported, and the demotion proportionate to his command responsibility.",
 "court_quote": "Looking at the overall facts and the settled law, this Court finds that the departmental enquiry was conducted fairly. The charges of negligence are fully supported by the preliminary inquiry report, and the impugned orders do not suffer from any illegality or jurisdictional error.",
 "court_quote_para": "39",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "MP High Court (Indore) dismissed Inspector's writ, upholding his 3-year demotion to Sub-Inspector for command failure over the illegal night detention of a 16-year-old and Rs 10,000 staff gratification.",
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
 "tier_badge": "Externally reported",
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   "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.",
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   "legal_effect": "Binding",
   "description": "The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.",
   "disposition": "Disciplinary action · Procedural only",
   "source": "2026:MPHC-IND:16427; 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 230",
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