# Indore Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 22 April 2026 in WP No. 55 of 2026, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Subodh Abhyankar, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 10,000.

- Register number: MP 09 CW 0029
- Case reference: WP No. 55 of 2026
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Subodh Abhyankar, J.), 22 April 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Not identified in the cited sources (Lasudiya Police Station)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This Court is of the considered opinion that non-availability of such visuals of an incident which took place near and also in the police station, is not natural and is enough to draw an adverse inference against the delinquent officers, …” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 10,000.
- 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/122291996/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0017)

**Record:** CW-2026-0017 (compiler id CWC-0230); case MADHYA-004
**Title:** Indore Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Indore; judges: Subodh Abhyankar
**Case number / citation:** WP No. 55 of 2026
**Judgment:** 2026-04-22 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2025-12-29 (2025)
**Place:** Indore, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Indore; police station or unit: Lasudiya Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial torture
**Outcome:** Adverse finding + compensation (adverse_finding_compensation)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 226
**Officers (gated display forms):** None named (2 in record)
**Victims:** Indore man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** compensation only; Rs 10,000
**Sentence type:** compensation only (compensation_only)

The judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court records the following account. In the early hours of 29.12.2025 the petitioner was picked up after a minor restaurant altercation in Indore, beaten by constables and \[name withheld\], and assaulted further inside Lasudiya Police Station in an area without CCTV coverage. The State denied assault and claimed the petitioner was taken to a camera-blind room used by women officers. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) held the missing visuals were not natural and drew an adverse inference against the delinquent officers, corroborated by injury photographs and witness statements, and awarded Rs. 10,000 compensation for the hardship. The Court also directed preservation of records and systemic CCTV and body-worn-camera measures for Indore police stations. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This Court is of the considered opinion that non-availability of such visuals of an incident which took place near and also in the police station, is not natural and is enough to draw an adverse inference against the delinquent officers, which also substantiates the narration of events by the petitioner supported by the photographs of the injuries. It is also found that the statements of the petitioner's friends were also recorded in the brief enquiry, who have also admitted that the petitioner was assaulted by the police personnel.

**Sources (4):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/122291996/); [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-high-court-pulls-up-state-over-cctv-lapses-directs-compensation-in-custodial-violence-case-1586259); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-indore-police-commissionerate-police-atrocities-cases-532214); [lawbeat.in](https://lawbeat.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/30/harsh-v-state-of-mp-2165885.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_torture
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** Indore Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
**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': '2026-04-22', '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 10,000.', 'disposition': 'Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only)', 'source': 'WP No. 55 of 2026', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/122291996/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-high-court-pulls-up-state-over-cctv-lapses-directs-compensation-in-custodial-violence-case-1586259', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-indore-police-commissionerate-police-atrocities-cases-532214', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://lawbeat.in/pdf_upload/2026/04/30/harsh-v-state-of-mp-2165885.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial torture
**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 High Court (Indore) drew an adverse inference from missing CCTV footage, held custodial assault at Lasudiya police station established, and awarded Rs 10,000 compensation plus CCTV/body-camera directions.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding + compensation.

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