# Ashok Kumar Jain and Rakesh Kumar vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 March 2008 in Criminal Appeals against judgment dated 12-11-1990 in S.T. No. 125/1988, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: R.C. Mishra, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Ashok Kumar Jain (Station House Officer); Rakesh Kumar (Constable).

- Register number: MP 36 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeals against judgment dated 12-11-1990 in S.T. No. 125/1988 / (2008) ILR (MP) 934; (2008) 3 MPHT 176
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: R.C. Mishra, J.), 7 March 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ashok Kumar Jain (Station House Officer); Rakesh Kumar (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result, both the appeals are dismissed and the impugned convictions as well as consequent sentences of the respective appellants are hereby affirmed.” (at para 31)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 5 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/585871/ashok-kumar-jain-and-rakesh-kumar-vs-state-of-madhya-pradesh/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0008)

**Record:** CW-2008-0008 (compiler id CWC-0225); case MADHYA-010
**Title:** Ashok Kumar Jain and Rakesh Kumar vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; judges: R.C. Mishra
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeals against judgment dated 12-11-1990 in S.T. No. 125/1988 / (2008) ILR (MP) 934; (2008) 3 MPHT 176
**Judgment:** 2008-03-07 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1988-01-07 (1988)
**Place:** Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Mohangarh; police station or unit: Police Station Mohangarh; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 330; IPC 201; IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ashok Kumar Jain (Station House Officer); Rakesh Kumar (Constable) (2 in record)
**Victims:** Mohangarh man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 5 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

State the recorded defence: appellants claimed cross-firing with dacoits in the jungle near Khakrone and that a Mohangarh man died in the encounter; death occurred in the night intervening 7th/8th January 1988. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the result, both the appeals are dismissed and the impugned convictions as well as consequent sentences of the respective appellants are hereby affirmed.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/585871/ashok-kumar-jain-and-rakesh-kumar-vs-state-of-madhya-pradesh/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5767b118e691cb22da6d30a2)
**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:** 31
**display title redacted:** Ashok Kumar Jain and Rakesh Kumar vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**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': \['summary', 'court_quote_para'\]}
**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': '(2008) ILR (MP) 934; (2008) 3 MPHT 176', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2008-03-07', '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': '(2008) ILR (MP) 934; (2008) 3 MPHT 176', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/585871/ashok-kumar-jain-and-rakesh-kumar-vs-state-of-madhya-pradesh/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5767b118e691cb22da6d30a2', '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:** MP HC dismissed both appeals and affirmed ss.330/201 convictions of SHO and constable.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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