# Madhya Pradesh Police Constable and others v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 November 1965 in Criminal Appeal No. 156 of 1963, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: J.R. Mudholkar, A.K. Sarkar, R.S. Bachawat, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh Police.

- Register number: MP 20 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 156 of 1963 / AIR 1966 SC 945; (1966) 2 SCR 822
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: J.R. Mudholkar, A.K. Sarkar, R.S. Bachawat, JJ.), 30 November 1965
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 170 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The High Court to which an appeal was preferred by the State Government set aside the acquittal and convicted the appellant of each of these offences.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 2 years.
- 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/1713903/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1965-0003)

**Record:** CW-1965-0003 (compiler id CWC-1240); case GAP3-73-001
**Title:** Madhya Pradesh Police Constable and others v. State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: J.R. Mudholkar; A.K. Sarkar; R.S. Bachawat
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 156 of 1963 / AIR 1966 SC 945; (1966) 2 SCR 822
**Judgment:** 1965-11-30 (1965, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1958-08-01 (1958)
**Place:** Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Jabalpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 170; IPC 342; IPC 392
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Jabalpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 2 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Supreme Court upheld the Madhya Pradesh High Court's 8 February 1963 reversal of acquittal of police constable \[name withheld\], who while on leave robbed complainant \[name withheld\] of a gold mohar at Jabalpur in August 1958 wearing a head-constable's uniform and posing as an investigating officer. The convictions under ss.170, 342 and 392 IPC were left intact. The Court interfered only with quantum, holding an appellate court cannot impose more than the trial First Class Magistrate could have, and capped the s.392 term at two years' RI. The concurrent terms were one year's RI (s.170), six months' RI (s.342) and two years' RI (s.392). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The High Court to which an appeal was preferred by the State Government set aside the acquittal and convicted the appellant of each of these offences.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1713903/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=005691113000&Title=JAGAT-BAHADUR-Vs.-STATE-OF-MADHYA-PRADESH)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Madhya Pradesh Police Constable and others v. State of Madhya Pradesh
**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': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIR 1966 SC 945; (1966) 2 SCR 822', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1965-11-30', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'AIR 1966 SC 945; (1966) 2 SCR 822', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1713903/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=005691113000&Title=JAGAT-BAHADUR-Vs.-STATE-OF-MADHYA-PRADESH', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** SC upheld HC's reversal-of-acquittal convictions of constable for robbery in uniform.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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