# Badoni Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 6 July 2018 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 812 of 2008 & 866 of 2008, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.A. Dharmadhikari, Anand Pathak, JJ.) returned findings adverse to the Police personnel, Badoni Police Station, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).

- Register number: MP 32 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 812 of 2008 & 866 of 2008
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S.A. Dharmadhikari, Anand Pathak, JJ.), 6 July 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Badoni Police Station
- 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 Dacoity and Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Act, 1981
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Deposition of Laxman (PW-1) in respect of test identification reveals that victim-Laxman (PW-1) had already seen a Badoni man at Police Station and therefore, the purpose of test identification at later stage in jail had no meaning and the same …” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000).
- 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/173886316/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0008)

**Record:** CW-2018-0008 (compiler id CWC-0219); case MADHYA-004; aliases: CWC-0663
**Title:** Badoni Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: S.A. Dharmadhikari; Anand Pathak
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 812 of 2008 & 866 of 2008
**Judgment:** 2018-07-06 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2006-07-04 (2006)
**Place:** Datia, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Badoni; police station or unit: Badoni Police Station; 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 Dacoity and Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Act 1981 s.11/13
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Badoni Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Badoni man; Badoni man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 2 lakh (Rs 2,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. Appellants Durga and a Badoni man, who were already lodged in jail in another case, were falsely implicated in an abduction-for-ransom case registered at Badoni Police Station, Datia, and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Special Judge. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) acquitted both appellants, observing that the test identification parade was vitiated by police mischief who pre-showed the accused to the victim and fabricated evidence to frame innocent persons. Holding that the appellants' right to life under Article 21 was severely violated by tainted prosecution and poor investigation, the High Court ordered the State to pay Rs. 1,00,000 compensation each within two months, with liberty to recover the cost from erring investigating officers. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Deposition of Laxman (PW-1) in respect of test identification reveals that victim-Laxman (PW-1) had already seen a Badoni man at Police Station and therefore, the purpose of test identification at later stage in jail had no meaning and the same is vitiated by the mischief of the police authorities. The purpose of test identification is not to identify the already identified person.

**Sources (4):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/173886316/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/person-falsely-implicated-by-state-in-criminal-case-deserves-to-be-compensated-madhya-pradesh-hc-read-judgment); [mphc.gov.in](https://mphc.gov.in/upload/gwalior/MPHCGWL/2008/CRA/812/CRA_812_2008_FinalOrder_06-Jul-2018.pdf); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/154651656/)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Badoni Man 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2018-07-06', '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 200,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal Nos. 812 of 2008 & 866 of 2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/173886316/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/person-falsely-implicated-by-state-in-criminal-case-deserves-to-be-compensated-madhya-pradesh-hc-read-judgment', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://mphc.gov.in/upload/gwalior/MPHCGWL/2008/CRA/812/CRA_812_2008_FinalOrder_06-Jul-2018.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/154651656/', '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 of abduction charges after ~12 years in jail due to tainted investigation and awarded Rs. 1 lakh compensation each.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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