# Bhopal Police Constable vs State of M.P. and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 March 2009 in Writ Petition No. 7220 of 2003 with O.A. No. 1352 of 2000, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.S. Kemkar, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Constable, 1st Battalion, SAF.

- Register number: MP 01 CW 0002
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 7220 of 2003 with O.A. No. 1352 of 2000 / (2009) 3 MPLJ 338; (2009) 03 MP CK 0005
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.S. Kemkar, J.), 30 March 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, 1st Battalion, SAF
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Regulation Reg. 226 of the MP Police Regulations; Regulation Reg. 270 of the MP Police Regulations
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the aforesaid, no illegality is found in the impugned action and the order by which the petitioner has been dismissed from service.” (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/575872/govind-mane-appellant-hash-state-of-mp-and-others-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0021)

**Record:** CW-2009-0021 (compiler id CWC-1251); case GAP3-76-002
**Title:** Bhopal Police Constable vs State of M.P. and Others
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Indore; judges: S.S. Kemkar
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 7220 of 2003 with O.A. No. 1352 of 2000 / (2009) 3 MPLJ 338; (2009) 03 MP CK 0005
**Judgment:** 2009-03-30 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1995-11-19 (1995)
**Place:** Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Bhopal; police station or unit: 1st Battalion, SAF (guard duty, Chief Minister's Bungalow, Bhopal); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** MP Police Regulations Reg. 226; MP Police Regulations Reg. 270
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, 1st Battalion, SAF (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bhopal woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Remove victim's name (use role noun, e.g. 'a woman labourer') and replace final sentence with the recorded respondents' case: the State supported the dismissal, contending the DIG's suo motu revision under Regulation 270 was legal. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of the aforesaid, no illegality is found in the impugned action and the order by which the petitioner has been dismissed from service.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/575872/govind-mane-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:** 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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Bhopal Police 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2009-03-30', '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': '(2009) 3 MPLJ 338; (2009) 03 MP CK 0005', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/575872/govind-mane-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:** 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; dismissal of SAF constable for on-duty sexual misconduct upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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