# Deepar Man vs State of M.P.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 April 2025 in M.Cr.C. No. 4578 of 2025, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: G. S. Ahluwalia, J.) returned findings adverse to the Superintendent of Police, Datia (DIG Bhopal at time of judgment), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).

- Register number: MP 32 CW 0003
- Case reference: M.Cr.C. No. 4578 of 2025 / 2025:MPHC-GWL:8289; 2025 SCC OnLine MP 3174
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: G. S. Ahluwalia, J.), 16 April 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police, Datia (DIG Bhopal at time of judgment)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 147 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 336 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Article 21 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Shri \[name withheld\], the then SP, Datia has tried to violate the fundamental rights of free and fair investigation as well as free and fair trial of atleast one of the parties.” (at para 18)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000).
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/mcrc45782025finalorder16-04-2025-597099.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0002)

**Record:** CW-2025-0002 (compiler id CWC-0224); case MADHYA-009
**Title:** Deepar Man vs State of M.P.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: G. S. Ahluwalia
**Case number / citation:** M.Cr.C. No. 4578 of 2025 / 2025:MPHC-GWL:8289; 2025 SCC OnLine MP 3174
**Judgment:** 2025-04-16 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2017-09-24 (2017)
**Place:** Datia, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Deepar; police station or unit: Deepar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** IPC 302; IPC 307; IPC 147; IPC 148; IPC 149; IPC 294; IPC 336; CrPC s.482; Constitution of India Article 21
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police, Datia (DIG Bhopal at time of judgment) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Deepar man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 5 lakh (Rs 5,00,000)
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

In a Datia murder trial (ST 02/2018, Seondha) over the 2017 killing of Kailash, the trial court had directed preservation of call-detail and mobile-location records on 07.09.2018. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Gwalior Bench) found that then-SP \[name withheld\] received the records on 17.09.2018 yet deliberately suppressed them, got a false compliance reply filed before the trial court, and acted with mala fide intention to favour one side, violating the fundamental rights of free and fair investigation and trial. The Court directed \[name withheld\] to personally deposit Rs. 5,00,000 as compensation with the Principal Registrar within one month for disbursal by the trial court to the successful party, ordered the DGP to issue a departmental charge sheet within a month, and directed that the order be kept in his service record. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Shri \[name withheld\], the then SP, Datia has tried to violate the fundamental rights of free and fair investigation as well as free and fair trial of atleast one of the parties.

**Sources (3):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/mcrc45782025finalorder16-04-2025-597099.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-police-suppress-evidence-murder-trial-290237); [scconline.com](https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2025/04/19/mp-high-court-slaps-rs-5-lakh-fine-on-digbhopal-for-suppressing-evidence-in-murder-probe-scc-times/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Deepar Man 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-04-16', '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': '2025:MPHC-GWL:8289; 2025 SCC OnLine MP 3174', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/mcrc45782025finalorder16-04-2025-597099.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-police-suppress-evidence-murder-trial-290237', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2025/04/19/mp-high-court-slaps-rs-5-lakh-fine-on-digbhopal-for-suppressing-evidence-in-murder-probe-scc-times/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 (Gwalior) held then-SP \[name withheld\] suppressed CDR records with mala fide intent in a murder trial, ordered him to personally deposit Rs 5 lakh compensation and directed DGP to issue DE charge sheet.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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