# Lakhanpur Man v. State of M.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 October 1997 in Miscellaneous Petition No. 1808 of 1994, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A.K. Mathur, Dipak Misra, JJ.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Lakhanpur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Lakhanpur; Constable, Police Station Lakhanpur, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 50,000.

- Register number: CG 15 CW 0001
- Case reference: Miscellaneous Petition No. 1808 of 1994 / (1998) 2 JLJ 86
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A.K. Mathur, Dipak Misra, JJ.), 6 October 1997
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Lakhanpur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Lakhanpur; Constable, Police Station Lakhanpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In these circumstances, we direct a sum of Rs. 50,000/- should be given to wife of a Lakhanpur man as a compensation and the State Government shall initiate a departmental enquiry against the concerned officials who were posted there at …” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 50,000.
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/576712/jagatdhari-vs-state-of-mp-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1997-0018)

**Record:** CW-1997-0018 (compiler id CWC-1241); case GAP3-73-002
**Title:** Lakhanpur Man v. State of M.P. and Others
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: A.K. Mathur; Dipak Misra
**Case number / citation:** Miscellaneous Petition No. 1808 of 1994 / (1998) 2 JLJ 86
**Judgment:** 1997-10-06 (1997, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-01-08 (1994)
**Place:** Surguja, Chhattisgarh; city town: Lakhanpur; police station or unit: Police Station Lakhanpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Police Station Lakhanpur; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Station Lakhanpur; Constable, Police Station Lakhanpur (3 in record)
**Victims:** Lakhanpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 50,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Division Bench) allowed a habeas corpus petition by Jagatdhari for his son-in-law a Lakhanpur man, taken in a police jeep to Police Station Lakhanpur on 8 January 1994 and never seen alive since (Ambikapur is now in Chhattisgarh). The Court noted the SP's admission of no Rojnamcha entry, the AIG report holding the Lakhanpur action illegal, and the District Judge's enquiry finding a Lakhanpur man never found alive. It held the State responsible for the illegal detention, awarded Rs 50,000 compensation to a Lakhanpur man's wife \[name withheld\], and ordered a departmental enquiry against the Lakhanpur officials posted at the relevant time. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In these circumstances, we direct a sum of Rs. 50,000/- should be given to wife of a Lakhanpur man as a compensation and the State Government shall initiate a departmental enquiry against the concerned officials who were posted there at the relevant time as they had illegally detained a Lakhanpur man at Police Station Lakhanpur.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/576712/jagatdhari-vs-state-of-mp-and-others/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=417991785000&title=jagatdhari-vs-state-of-m-p)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** enforced_disappearance
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Lakhanpur Man v. 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': '1997-10-06', '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 50,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': '(1998) 2 JLJ 86', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/576712/jagatdhari-vs-state-of-mp-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/Case?caseId=417991785000&title=jagatdhari-vs-state-of-m-p', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** enforced disappearance
**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 held State liable for illegal detention/disappearance; Rs 50,000 compensation + enquiry ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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