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

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 July 2002 in Writ Petition No. 2693 of 2000 (J), the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Dipak Misra, J.) returned findings adverse to 5 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge), Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; Constable, Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; Constable (Sentry), Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; City Superintendent of Police, Ujjain; Superintendent of Police, Ujjain, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000).

- Register number: MP 13 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 2693 of 2000 (J) / (2002) 07 MP CK 0067
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Dipak Misra, J.), 26 July 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge), Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; Constable, Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; Constable (Sentry), Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; City Superintendent of Police, Ujjain; Superintendent of Police, Ujjain
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “On proper appreciation of the aforesaid report it rings as a bell that there was total unconcern, negligence and dereliction on the part of the concerned police officials as a result of which a Ujjain man could commit suicide.” (at para n/a)
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/588775/ku-richa-jethani-appellant-hash-state-of-mp-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0025)

**Record:** CW-2002-0025 (compiler id CWC-1318); case GAP3-74-002
**Title:** Ujjain Man v. State of M.P. and Others
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: Dipak Misra
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 2693 of 2000 (J) / (2002) 07 MP CK 0067
**Judgment:** 2002-07-26 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-03-02 (2000)
**Place:** Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Ujjain; police station or unit: Police Station Madhav Nagar; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art. 21; Constitution Art. 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge), Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; Constable, Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; Constable (Sentry), Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain; City Superintendent of Police, Ujjain; Superintendent of Police, Ujjain (5 in record)
**Victims:** Ujjain man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 1 lakh (Rs 1,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Dipak Misra J.) allowed in part a writ by 3.5-year-old Richa Jethani over the death of her father \[name withheld\], detained without formal arrest at Police Station Madhav Nagar, Ujjain from 29 February 2000 and found burnt at the station on the midnight of 2 March 2000. Commissioner and magisterial enquiries found criminal negligence: a privately purchased kerosene container and matchbox left accessible in the station enabled the death, and detention without arrest was illegal. The Court held the State vicariously liable under Article 21, awarded Rs 1 lakh compensation (Rs 80,000 in fixed deposit till the minor's majority), and left the State free to recover from the erring officials. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> On proper appreciation of the aforesaid report it rings as a bell that there was total unconcern, negligence and dereliction on the part of the concerned police officials as a result of which a Ujjain man could commit suicide.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/588775/ku-richa-jethani-appellant-hash-state-of-mp-and-others-respondent/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Ujjain 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': '2002-07-26', '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': '(2002) 07 MP CK 0067', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/588775/ku-richa-jethani-appellant-hash-state-of-mp-and-others-respondent/', '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:** HC awarded Rs 1 lakh for custodial death by negligence; recovery from erring officials permitted.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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