# Madhya Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector vs State of M.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 November 1996, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Ramaswamy, G. B. Pattanaik, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sub-Inspector, Police Station Pakhanjur, Madhya Pradesh Police.

- Register number: CG 19 CW 0001
- Case reference: \[1996\] INSC 1409
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Ramaswamy, G. B. Pattanaik, JJ.), 6 November 1996
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Pakhanjur, Madhya Pradesh Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The appellant, while working as Sub-Inspector, and being in-charge of the Police Station Pakhanjur, District Jagadalpur, on receipt of illegal gratification failed to prevent the running of common gambling house of one N.K.Ghosh.” (at para n/a)
- 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://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1996/november/vijay-kumar-nigam-vs-state-of-m-op-ors-40); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1996-0017)

**Record:** CW-1996-0017 (compiler id CWC-1096); case GAP3-127-004
**Title:** Madhya Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector vs State of M.P. and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: K. Ramaswamy; G. B. Pattanaik
**Case number / citation:** \[1996\] INSC 1409
**Judgment:** 1996-11-06 (1996, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Kanker, Chhattisgarh (district at time: Bastar); city town: Pakhanjur; police station or unit: Police Station Pakhanjur; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Police Station Pakhanjur, Madhya Pradesh Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Supreme Court on 6 November 1996 sustained the 1971 dismissal of Sub-Inspector, formerly in charge of Pakhanjur police station in what is now Chhattisgarh. The Court recorded that while SHO he received illegal gratification from gambling organiser N.K. Ghosh and failed to prevent his common gambling house, a charge proved in the departmental enquiry and confirmed on departmental appeal and by the M.P. High Court in 1978. It held the preliminary enquiry report need not have been supplied since it never formed the basis of dismissal, and that Evidence Act strictures do not govern departmental enquiries. The appeal, pursued by his legal representatives, was dismissed with no costs.

> The appellant, while working as Sub-Inspector, and being in-charge of the Police Station Pakhanjur, District Jagadalpur, on receipt of illegal gratification failed to prevent the running of common gambling house of one N.K.Ghosh.

**Sources (2):** [advocatekhoj.com](https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1996/november/vijay-kumar-nigam-vs-state-of-m-op-ors-40); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1888519/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Madhya Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector vs State of M.P. and Others
**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': '1996-11-06', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '\[1996\] INSC 1409', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=1996/november/vijay-kumar-nigam-vs-state-of-m-op-ors-40', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1888519/', '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:** SC sustained dismissal of SHO for taking gratification to shelter a gambling den.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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