# Bhind Man and Anr vs State of M.P.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 24 May 2018 in Criminal Appeal No. 460 of 2004, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Vivek Agarwal, G.S. Ahluwalia, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Investigating Officer, Bhind Police, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000).

- Register number: MP 30 CW 0003
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 460 of 2004
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Vivek Agarwal, G.S. Ahluwalia, JJ.), 24 May 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Investigating Officer, Bhind Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 364A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Section 11/13 of the Madhya Pradesh Dakaiti Aur Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Adhiniyam, 1981
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Thus, it is held that as it has been found that the appellant was prosecuted with deliberate and malafide intention, so that the complainant may settle his scores, and the police also joined hands with the complainant so that it …” (at para 27)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000).
- 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/58361786/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0007)

**Record:** CW-2018-0007 (compiler id CWC-0218); case SWFALSEI-007
**Title:** Bhind Man and Anr vs State of M.P.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: Vivek Agarwal; G.S. Ahluwalia
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 460 of 2004
**Judgment:** 2018-05-24 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-01-25 (2003)
**Place:** Bhind, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Bhind; police station or unit: Bhind Police; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 364A; Constitution of India Article 21; Madhya Pradesh Dakaiti Aur Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Adhiniyam 1981 s.11/13
**Officers (gated display forms):** Investigating Officer, Bhind Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bhind man; Bhind man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 6 lakh (Rs 6,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

Appellants Bhure and Shripal were convicted under Section 364-A IPC and the MPDVPK Act by the Special Judge, Bhind, and spent 12 to 15 years in prison for alleged kidnapping for ransom. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) acquitted the appellants, finding the prosecution story fabricated in collusion between the complainant and the police to gain popularity through fake and imaginary encounters. Holding that the appellants' fundamental rights under Article 21 were deliberately and maliciously violated by police misconduct, the High Court directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to pay Rs. 3,00,000 compensation to each surviving appellant, with liberty to recover the amount from the erring persons. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Thus, it is held that as it has been found that the appellant was prosecuted with deliberate and malafide intention, so that the complainant may settle his scores, and the police also joined hands with the complainant so that it can gain popularity by fake and imaginary encounters with the miscreants, then the State must compensate the appellants for the utter violation of their fundamental rights as for no reason, they were compelled to remain in jail for such a long time.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/58361786/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/mp-hc-directs-state-to-compensate-victims-of-malicious-implication-for-making-them-spend-more-than-a-decade-in-jail-read-judgment)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** 27
**display title redacted:** Bhind Man and Anr 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': '2018-05-24', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 600,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 460 of 2004', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/58361786/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/mp-hc-directs-state-to-compensate-victims-of-malicious-implication-for-making-them-spend-more-than-a-decade-in-jail-read-judgment', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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:** Madhya Pradesh High Court acquitted appellants after 12-15 years incarceration in fabricated abduction case and awarded Rs. 3 lakh compensation each for police misconduct.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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