# Subhashchandra Joshi vs State of M.P.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 February 2012 in Criminal Appeal No. 994 of 2001, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.R. Waghmare, A.K. Shrivastava, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Subhashchandra Joshi (Head Constable).

- Register number: MP 41 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 994 of 2001 / (2012) 02 MP CK 0123
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.R. Waghmare, A.K. Shrivastava, JJ.), 7 February 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Subhashchandra Joshi (Head Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We have also gone through the reasonings assigned by learned Special Judge convicting the appellant and we find them to be quite cogent as it is based on correct appreciation of evidence and law and hence, by extending our stamp …” (at para 26)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- 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/598259/subhashchandra-joshi-vs-state-of-mp/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0003)

**Record:** CW-2012-0003 (compiler id CWC-0228); case MADHYA-002
**Title:** Subhashchandra Joshi vs State of M.P.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Indore; judges: S.R. Waghmare; A.K. Shrivastava
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 994 of 2001 / (2012) 02 MP CK 0123
**Judgment:** 2012-02-07 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-07-18 (1999)
**Place:** Dewas, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Pipalrawan; police station or unit: Pipalrawan Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d); PC Act 1988 s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Subhashchandra Joshi (Head Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Pipalrawan man; Pipalrawan man; Pipalrawan man; Pipalrawan man (4 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. Head Constable Subhashchandra Joshi of Pipalrawan Police Station, Dewas, while investigating a case against complainant \[name withheld\] and his three brothers, demanded Rs. 1,500 to release them on bail, threatening to send them to jail if unpaid. On 18.07.1999 the Lokayukta (SPE Ujjain) trapped him red-handed inside the police station accepting treated currency, with a positive phenolphthalein test and recovery of the notes from his bag. The Special Judge, Dewas, convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) dismissed his appeal, holding motive, demand and acceptance proved and rejecting his afterthought medicine-contamination defence, directing surrender by 02.04.2012.

> We have also gone through the reasonings assigned by learned Special Judge convicting the appellant and we find them to be quite cogent as it is based on correct appreciation of evidence and law and hence, by extending our stamp of approval to those reasonings and findings we hereby dismiss this appeal.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/598259/subhashchandra-joshi-vs-state-of-mp/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56e668e4607dba6b53433ff6)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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:** 26
**display title redacted:** Subhashchandra Joshi vs State of M.P.
**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': 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': '(2012) 02 MP CK 0123', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2012-02-07', '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': '(2012) 02 MP CK 0123', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/598259/subhashchandra-joshi-vs-state-of-mp/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56e668e4607dba6b53433ff6', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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 High Court (Indore Division Bench) dismissed the appeal of Head Constable Subhashchandra Joshi, affirming his PC Act conviction for the Rs 1,500 bribe trap at Pipalrawan police station.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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