# State of M.P. vs BSF Head Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 24 July 2014 in Criminal Appeal No. 577 of 2000, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.K. Palo, S.K. Gangele, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Head Constable, BSF Tekanpur Academy.

- Register number: MP 07 CW 0005
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 577 of 2000 / (2015) CriLJ 763; (2014) 3 JLJ 225; (2014) 4 MPHT 144; (2014) 07 MP CK 0106
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.K. Palo, S.K. Gangele, JJ.), 24 July 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, BSF Tekanpur Academy
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 354 (convicted by HC) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 376/511 (acquitted at trial) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Therefore, we set aside the judgment of acquittal and allow the appeal. We hold the accused/respondent \[name withheld\] guilty of offence u/s 354 of IPC.” (at para 21)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: fine.
- 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/606273/state-of-mp-vs-surendra-singh/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0028)

**Record:** CW-2014-0028 (compiler id CWC-1259); case GAP3-77-008
**Title:** State of M.P. vs BSF Head Constable
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: S.K. Palo; S.K. Gangele
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 577 of 2000 / (2015) CriLJ 763; (2014) 3 JLJ 225; (2014) 4 MPHT 144; (2014) 07 MP CK 0106
**Judgment:** 2014-07-24 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-05-08 (1990)
**Place:** Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Tekanpur; police station or unit: BSF Tekanpur Academy (PS Dabra); force: central_armed
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 354 (convicted by HC); IPC 376/511 (acquitted at trial)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, BSF Tekanpur Academy (1 in record)
**Victims:** Tekanpur girl, age 8 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** fine
**Sentence type:** fine (fine)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. On the night of 8-9 May 1990, BSF Head Constable, living upstairs in the same Tekanpur Academy quarter building, lured his 8-year-old neighbour upstairs on the pretext of opening a lock and sexually assaulted her. The trial court acquitted him under Sections 376/511 IPC on 8 April 1994 giving benefit of doubt over a contradictory medical re-examination. In the State's appeal under Section 378 CrPC, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held the trial court erred in recording a simpliciter acquittal as it was a clear-cut case of outraging the modesty of a minor girl, and that no fresh Section 354 charge was needed as it is a cognate offence under Section 222 CrPC. The Court set aside the acquittal, held him guilty under Section 354 IPC, and, noting almost 24 years had passed, imposed only a fine of Rs. 25,000 with six months' RI in default, issuing a non-bailable warrant as he remained absent.

> Therefore, we set aside the judgment of acquittal and allow the appeal. We hold the accused/respondent \[name withheld\] guilty of offence u/s 354 of IPC.

**Sources (4):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/606273/state-of-mp-vs-surendra-singh/); (2015) CriLJ 763; (2014) 3 JLJ 225; (2014) 4 MPHT 144
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**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:** 21
**display title redacted:** State of M.P. vs BSF Head Constable
**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': '2014-07-24', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2015) CriLJ 763; (2014) 3 JLJ 225; (2014) 4 MPHT 144; (2014) 07 MP CK 0106', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/606273/state-of-mp-vs-surendra-singh/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2015) CriLJ 763', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2014) 3 JLJ 225', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': '(2014) 4 MPHT 144', '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:** MP HC Division Bench set aside acquittal and convicted BSF Head Constable u/s 354 IPC for sexual assault on 8-year-old neighbour; fine Rs.25,000 given 24-year delay. Case no. per court-record header is Crl.A. 577/2000, not 108/1994 as agent cited.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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