# Kankda Police Head Constable vs State of M.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 September 2002 in Writ Petition No. 207 of 1999, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.L. Kochar, S.B. Sakrikar, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, District Dhar; Constable, District Dhar.

- Register number: MP 11 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 207 of 1999 / (2003) ILR (MP) 391; (2003) 1 MPHT 56; (2003) 1 MPLJ 399; (2002) 09 MP CK 0021
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.L. Kochar, S.B. Sakrikar, JJ.), 30 September 2002
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, District Dhar; Constable, District Dhar
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as removed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Regulation Reg. 214(vi) of the MP Police Regulations; Regulation Reg. 221 of the MP Police Regulations; Rule 18 of the MP Civil Services (CCA) Rules, 1966
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court also does not feel to show any indulgence on the question of quantum of punishment looking to the charges of corruption found proved in the enquiry against the petitioner.” (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.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/579308/rameshchandra-vs-state-of-mp-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2002-0032)

**Record:** CW-2002-0032 (compiler id CWC-1246); case GAP3-74-004
**Title:** Kankda Police Head Constable vs State of M.P. and Others
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Indore; judges: S.L. Kochar; S.B. Sakrikar
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 207 of 1999 / (2003) ILR (MP) 391; (2003) 1 MPHT 56; (2003) 1 MPLJ 399; (2002) 09 MP CK 0021
**Judgment:** 2002-09-30 (2002, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-03-11 (1993)
**Place:** Dhar, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Kankda; police station or unit: District police, Dhar; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** MP Police Regulations Reg. 214(vi); MP Police Regulations Reg. 221; MP Civil Services (CCA) Rules 1966 R. 18
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, District Dhar; Constable, District Dhar (2 in record)
**Victims:** Kankda man; Kankda man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. Head Constable and Constable of Dhar district faced departmental charges that \[name withheld\] demanded Rs 5,000 from a village Kankda informant over a stray buffalo, and when refused went to the village on 11 March 1993 and severely beat the informant and his brother \[name withheld\], then fabricated Section 102 CrPC proceedings to cover up. The Superintendent of Police, Dhar removed \[name withheld\] from service on 30 April 1994, and his appeal, representation and Tribunal petition all failed. The High Court held the SP had jurisdiction under Regulation 221, the SP's order amounted to a valid common-proceedings order satisfying Rule 18, and declined any indulgence on quantum since the corruption charges stood proved against a police Head Constable. The Court dismissed the writ petition, leaving the removal from service intact. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court also does not feel to show any indulgence on the question of quantum of punishment looking to the charges of corruption found proved in the enquiry against the petitioner.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/579308/rameshchandra-vs-state-of-mp-and-others/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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:** Kankda Police Head Constable 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': '2002-09-30', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '(2003) ILR (MP) 391; (2003) 1 MPHT 56; (2003) 1 MPLJ 399; (2002) 09 MP CK 0021', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/579308/rameshchandra-vs-state-of-mp-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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; removal of Head Constable upheld, corruption charges held proved.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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