# Ashok Kumar v. Senior Superintendent of Police & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 24 September 2003, the Allahabad High Court upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Ashok Kumar (Constable).

- Register number: UP 85 CW 0001
- Case reference: LAWS(ALL)-2003-9-39
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court, 24 September 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ashok Kumar (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 311 of the Constitution of India; Rule 8(2)(b) of the UP Police Officers of Subordinate Rank (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1991
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The Senior Superintendent of Police found that petitioner was in complicity with the criminal who made good his escape. He was subsequently apprehended and deposed that he had given bribe to petitioner.” (at para 8)
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/714149/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0008)

**Record:** CW-2003-0008 (compiler id CWC-0397); case UTTARP-010
**Title:** Ashok Kumar v. Senior Superintendent of Police & Ors.
**Court:** Allahabad High Court
**Case number / citation:** LAWS(ALL)-2003-9-39
**Judgment:** 2003-09-24 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-06-13 (2000)
**Place:** Mathura, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Mathura; police station or unit: Civil Police, Mathura (court lock-up duty); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 223; IPC 224; Constitution Art. 311; UP Police Officers of Subordinate Rank (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1991 r.8(2)(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ashok Kumar (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Allahabad High Court upheld the dismissal of Constable Ashok Kumar, who was on court lock-up duty at Mathura on 13 June 2000 when hardened criminal Prakash, accused in about fifteen cases including murders, escaped from custody. The enquiry found the petitioner acted in complicity with co-constable \[name withheld\] and allowed the escape after accepting a bribe, a charge supported by the re-arrested criminal deposition and the petitioner own signed statement, with Case Crime No. 91 of 2000 under Sections 223 and 224 IPC registered. The Court held the SSP satisfaction for dispensing with a full enquiry under Rule 8(2)(b) of the 1991 Rules was based on material on record and neither arbitrary nor mala fide. It declined to interfere and dismissed the writ petition. No PC Act trial was involved; the bribe finding is disciplinary only. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The Senior Superintendent of Police found that petitioner was in complicity with the criminal who made good his escape. He was subsequently apprehended and deposed that he had given bribe to petitioner.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/714149/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=303002208100&title=ashok-kumar-vs-senior-superintendent-of-police); [sooperkanoon.com](https://sooperkanoon.com/case/491393/ashok-kumar-vs-senior-superintendent)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**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:** 8
**display title redacted:** Ashok Kumar v. Senior Superintendent of Police & Ors.
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['subcategory'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2003-09-24', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'LAWS(ALL)-2003-9-39', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/714149/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?caseId=303002208100&title=ashok-kumar-vs-senior-superintendent-of-police', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://sooperkanoon.com/case/491393/ashok-kumar-vs-senior-superintendent', '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:** Dismissal for bribe-aided escape of murder accused from lock-up upheld; writ dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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