# Mhow Man v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 August 1993, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: V. D. Gyani, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: MP 09 CW 0001
- Case reference: 1994 MPLJ 65; 1995 ACJ 383
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: V. D. Gyani, J.), 21 August 1993
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Mhow Police Station)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 387 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 457 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is deeply regrettable that a man be put to death unjustly in order to preserve the order, dignity and tranquillity of the state - a state preservable only at such a cost would not be worth preserving.” (at para 24)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).
- 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/710578/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1993-0010)

**Record:** CW-1993-0010 (compiler id CWC-0818); case GAP2-33-003
**Title:** Mhow Man v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: V. D. Gyani
**Case number / citation:** 1994 MPLJ 65; 1995 ACJ 383
**Judgment:** 1993-08-21 (1993, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1992-08-19 (1992)
**Place:** Indore, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Mhow; police station or unit: Mhow Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 387; IPC 457; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named
**Victims:** Mhow man, age 28 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

On 21 August 1993 the Madhya Pradesh High Court allowed the Article 226 petition of Abdul Ghaffar, whose son \[name withheld\] was picked up by Mhow police on the night of 15 August 1992, shown arrested only on 18 August 1992 in a Section 457 IPC case, and found dead with multiple injuries in the Civil Hospital mortuary on 19 August 1992. The court ordered registration of offences under Sections 302 and 387 IPC with investigation in accordance with law, and deprecated the five autopsy doctors for withholding the cause of death before the court summoned the viscera report. Relying on the Rudul Shah line of cases, the court awarded Rs. 1,00,000 as exemplary compensation payable by the State, recoverable from those found responsible, plus Rs. 2,500 counsel's fee. Individual officers were not named; identification was left to the ordered investigation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is deeply regrettable that a man be put to death unjustly in order to preserve the order, dignity and tranquillity of the state - a state preservable only at such a cost would not be worth preserving.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/710578/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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:** 24
**display title redacted:** Mhow Man v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.
**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': '1993-08-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 100,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '1994 MPLJ 65; 1995 ACJ 383', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/710578/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Full judgment text read; custodial death found, FIR and Rs.1 lakh compensation ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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