# Jabalpur Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 January 2025 in W.P. No. 28981 of 2024, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench (Coram: G.S. Ahluwalia, J.) adjudicated the matter concerning 2 police personnel, namely: SHO, Mahila Thana, Jabalpur; Superintendent of Police, Jabalpur.

- Register number: MP 20 CW 0013
- Case reference: W.P. No. 28981 of 2024 / 2025:MPHC-JBP:3856
- Court and date: High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench (Coram: G.S. Ahluwalia, J.), 28 January 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: SHO, Mahila Thana, Jabalpur; Superintendent of Police, Jabalpur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is further submitted that after having issued notice under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C. there was no occasion for the SHO, Mahila Thana, Jabalpur, to have an apprehension that petitioner may flee away. Furthermore, after the bail was granted by …” (at para 11)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding.
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/158106960/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0052)

**Record:** CW-2025-0052 (compiler id CWC-1322); case cop-mp-hc-3
**Title:** Jabalpur Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others
**Court:** High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench; judges: G.S. Ahluwalia
**Case number / citation:** W.P. No. 28981 of 2024 / 2025:MPHC-JBP:3856
**Judgment:** 2025-01-28 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2024-09-20 (2024)
**Place:** Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; police station or unit: Mahila Thana, Jabalpur; Office of Superintendent of Police, Jabalpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** Article 226; 41A Cr.P.C.
**Officers (gated display forms):** SHO, Mahila Thana, Jabalpur; Superintendent of Police, Jabalpur (2 in record)
**Victims:** Jabalpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court found that the SHO, Mahila Thana, Jabalpur illegally issued a Look Out Circular against the petitioner without any basis, resulting in his detention at Hyderabad International Airport despite a trial court order permitting him to travel abroad. The Court noted the SHO failed to withdraw the LOC even after the petitioner was granted bail and travel permission, and the SP failed to periodically review the LOC. The SHO was placed under suspension and a departmental enquiry was initiated. The Court strongly deprecated the conduct of the SP who failed to produce departmental enquiry records.

> It is further submitted that after having issued notice under Section 41-A of Cr.P.C. there was no occasion for the SHO, Mahila Thana, Jabalpur, to have an apprehension that petitioner may flee away. Furthermore, after the bail was granted by the Trial Court therefore, the apprehension of fleeing away which might have been in the mind of SHO should have come to an end and thus she should have withdrawn the LOC but that was not done.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158106960/)
**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:** 11
**display title redacted:** Jabalpur Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-24', 'scope': 'Swarm scout and independent verification pass (Muse Spark).'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2025-01-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur Bench recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': '2025:MPHC-JBP:3856', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158106960/', '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:** The summary names the SHO of Mahila Thana, Jabalpur (an officer) in the summary field, which must be removed; Sections field is inaccurate: '226' is Article 226 of the Constitution (the writ jurisdiction, not a penal section) and '439' (bail) is not a section of this case; the relevant cited provisions are Article 226 and Section 41-A Cr.P.C.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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