# Gwalior Police Constable vs State of M.P.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 June 2000 in Criminal Appeal No. 573 of 1989, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A.K. Mishra, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable, 8th Battalion, SAF, Gwalior.

- Register number: MP 07 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 573 of 1989 / (2001) 1 MPHT 263; (2000) 06 MP CK 0025
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: A.K. Mishra, J.), 23 June 2000
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, 8th Battalion, SAF, Gwalior
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result the appeal is dismissed. The conviction and sentence imposed upon the appellant is affirmed.” (at para 18)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 4 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/589873/raj-dhar-vs-state-of-mp/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2000-0014)

**Record:** CW-2000-0014 (compiler id CWC-1245); case GAP3-74-003
**Title:** Gwalior Police Constable vs State of M.P.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: A.K. Mishra
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 573 of 1989 / (2001) 1 MPHT 263; (2000) 06 MP CK 0025
**Judgment:** 2000-06-23 (2000, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1982-07-23 (1982)
**Place:** Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Gwalior; police station or unit: 8th Battalion, Special Armed Force (SAF), Gwalior; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 307
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, 8th Battalion, SAF, Gwalior (1 in record)
**Victims:** Gwalior man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 4 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

On the night of 23 July 1982, SAF Constable left his Quarter Guard duty post in Gwalior with his service.303 rifle and shot his neighbour, causing a firearm injury the Court noted was dangerous to life. The trial court convicted him under Section 307 IPC and imposed four years' rigorous imprisonment. The High Court held that the eyewitness account of the injured man's wife, corroborated by the appellant's absence from duty, the shortage of service cartridges and a recovered.303 cartridge, proved the charge despite the injured witness turning hostile and the missing ballistic report. The Court dismissed the appeal and affirmed the conviction and sentence, observing that the investigating agency had sided with the accused policeman throughout.

> In the result the appeal is dismissed. The conviction and sentence imposed upon the appellant is affirmed.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/589873/raj-dhar-vs-state-of-mp/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Gwalior Police Constable vs State of M.P.
**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 Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2001) 1 MPHT 263; (2000) 06 MP CK 0025', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2000-06-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(2001) 1 MPHT 263; (2000) 06 MP CK 0025', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/589873/raj-dhar-vs-state-of-mp/', '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:** HC judgment verified; SAF constable's s.307 conviction and 4-year sentence affirmed (off-duty shooting, qualifies literally).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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