# Gwalior Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 December 2020 in W.P. No. 13057 of 2020, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia, J.) returned findings adverse to 3 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector (then SHO), Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior; Sub-Inspector, Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior; Constable, Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MP 07 CW 0015
- Case reference: W.P. No. 13057 of 2020
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia, J.), 2 December 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (then SHO), Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior; Sub-Inspector, Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior; Constable, Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 424 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 452 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 7A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The present case is a glaring example of gross misuse of police uniform.” (at para 67)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- 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/19697017/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2020-0015)

**Record:** CW-2020-0015 (compiler id CWC-0699); case GAP12-003
**Title:** Gwalior Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 13057 of 2020
**Judgment:** 2020-12-02 (2020, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2020-07-25 (2020)
**Place:** Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Gwalior; police station or unit: Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 294; IPC 323; IPC 341; IPC 379; IPC 380; IPC 424; IPC 452; IPC 34; PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.7A
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (then SHO), Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior; Sub-Inspector, Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior; Constable, Bahodapur Police Station, Gwalior (3 in record)
**Victims:** Gwalior man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

On 25 July 2020 the officers forcibly removed the petitioner's shop goods to the police station and extracted a vacation undertaking in what was a civil landlord-tenant dispute, and on 14 August 2020 held him in the station for 7.5 hours without arrest memo on a mistaken-identity reward pretext, circulating his photograph as an arrested criminal. The court found malice and gross misuse of uniform, rejected Section 76 IPC protection for want of bona fide belief, and recorded violations of liberty, dignity, reputation and privacy under Article 21. It awarded Rs.5,00,000 (Rs.2L property damage + Rs.3L rights violation) recoverable from the three officers with Rs.20,000 costs, and directed the Lokayukt to lodge an FIR including under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The present case is a glaring example of gross misuse of police uniform.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/19697017/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/123131665/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/victims-suspects-article-21-police-violates-their-privacy-rights-encourages-media-trials-madhya-pradesh-high-court-165518)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** illegal_detention_false_imprisonment
**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:** 67
**display title redacted:** Gwalior 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2020-12-02', '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 500,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'W.P. No. 13057 of 2020', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/19697017/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/123131665/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/victims-suspects-article-21-police-violates-their-privacy-rights-encourages-media-trials-madhya-pradesh-high-court-165518', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**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:** Single-judge judgment verified; Rs 5L + Lokayukt FIR for illegal detention/shop eviction.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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