# Gwalior Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 April 2023 in M.Cr.C. No. 14202 of 2023, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Deepak Kumar Agarwal, J.) returned findings adverse to the Sub-Inspector, Police Station Morar, Gwalior, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).

- Register number: MP 07 CW 0016
- Case reference: M.Cr.C. No. 14202 of 2023
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Deepak Kumar Agarwal, J.), 28 April 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Police Station Morar, Gwalior
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 8/s.22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Section 25/s.27 of the Arms Act, 1959
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Director General of Police is directed to pay a sum of Rs. ten lac to the applicant by way of compensation for his wrongful confinement within a period of two months from today and compliance report to this effect be …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000).
- 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://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/mcrc142022023finalorder28-apr-2023digiw-1497900.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0041)

**Record:** CW-2023-0041 (compiler id CWC-1266); case GAP3-80-001
**Title:** Gwalior Man vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: Deepak Kumar Agarwal
**Case number / citation:** M.Cr.C. No. 14202 of 2023
**Judgment:** 2023-04-28 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2022-09-06 (2022)
**Place:** Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Gwalior; police station or unit: Police Station Morar, Gwalior; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** NDPS Act s.8/s.22; Arms Act s.25/s.27
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Police Station Morar, Gwalior (1 in record)
**Victims:** Gwalior man, age 26 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10 lakh (Rs 10,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. On 6 September 2022, SI of PS Morar claimed to seize 100 gm of MDMA each from a Gwalior man and others (720 gm total), and Tiwari remained in custody in Crime No. 760/2022 under the NDPS and Arms Acts. The CFSL Bhopal report dated 21 October 2022 found no MDMA in any exhibit, only urea, which the State conceded is not covered by the NDPS Act. The court held Tiwari's Article 21 right to personal liberty was violated by the wrongful act of the police agency during nearly eight months of confinement. Alongside bail on a Rs 500 personal bond, it directed the DGP to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation within two months, recoverable from the erring officials. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Director General of Police is directed to pay a sum of Rs. ten lac to the applicant by way of compensation for his wrongful confinement within a period of two months from today and compliance report to this effect be submitted in the Registry.

**Sources (2):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/mcrc142022023finalorder28-apr-2023digiw-1497900.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/mp-hc-orders-police-to-pay-rs-10-lakh-compensation-to-man-1474795)
**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:** n/a
**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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2023-04-28', '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 1,000,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'M.Cr.C. No. 14202 of 2023', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/mcrc142022023finalorder28-apr-2023digiw-1497900.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/mp-hc-orders-police-to-pay-rs-10-lakh-compensation-to-man-1474795', '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:** False NDPS seizure (urea, no MDMA); Rs 10L compensation for wrongful confinement.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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