# Madhya Bharat Police Sub-Inspector v. State of Madhya Bharat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 August 1958, the Madhya Bharat High Court (Coram: H.R. Krishnan, A.H. Khan, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sub-Inspector, Guna district, Madhya Bharat Police.

- Register number: MP 08 CW 0001
- Case reference: AIR 1959 MP 43; (1959) 2 LLJ 187; 1959 MPLJ 423
- Court and date: Madhya Bharat High Court (Coram: H.R. Krishnan, A.H. Khan, JJ.), 18 August 1958
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Guna district, Madhya Bharat Police
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The result is that the application is without force. The rulings reported in AIR 1956 Madh-B. 259 and AIR 1957 MP 128, the principles of which, I accept, have no application to the present case.” (at para 16)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/23931/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1958-0002)

**Record:** CW-1958-0002 (compiler id CWC-1242); case GAP3-73-003
**Title:** Madhya Bharat Police Sub-Inspector v. State of Madhya Bharat
**Court:** Madhya Bharat High Court; judges: H.R. Krishnan; A.H. Khan
**Case number / citation:** AIR 1959 MP 43; (1959) 2 LLJ 187; 1959 MPLJ 423
**Judgment:** 1958-08-18 (1958, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Guna, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Guna; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Guna district, Madhya Bharat Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Madhya Bharat High Court (now Madhya Pradesh High Court) dismissed the Article 226 petition of Sub-Inspector of Guna district, sustaining his dismissal from service of 2 June 1953. The SP Guna had enquired into 18 counts of corruption and bribery and recommended dismissal, which the DIG Northern Range imposed after accepting findings on 7 charges; the IG had dismissed the departmental appeal. The Court held the DIG competent after the 1948 merger, found no violation of Article 311(1) and no fatal inquiry defect, and dismissed the application with costs. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The result is that the application is without force. The rulings reported in AIR 1956 Madh-B. 259 and AIR 1957 MP 128, the principles of which, I accept, have no application to the present case.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/23931/); [legalindia.com](https://www.legalindia.com/judgments/raghunath-singh-vs-state-of-madhya-bharat-on-18-august-1958)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 16
**display title redacted:** Madhya Bharat Police Sub-Inspector v. State of Madhya Bharat
**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
**institutional response:** {'date': '1958-08-18', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Bharat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Bharat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'AIR 1959 MP 43; (1959) 2 LLJ 187; 1959 MPLJ 423', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/23931/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.legalindia.com/judgments/raghunath-singh-vs-state-of-madhya-bharat-on-18-august-1958', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** HC dismissed writ; corruption-based dismissal of SI sustained.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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