# Ravindra Singh Gurjar vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 June 2026 in WP No. 45186 of 2025, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Jai Kumar Pillai, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against 2 police personnel, namely: Ravindra Singh Gurjar (Inspector (SHO)); Sub-Inspector, Police Station Vijay Nagar, Indore.

- Register number: MP 09 CW 0030
- Case reference: WP No. 45186 of 2025 / 2026:MPHC-IND:16427; 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 230
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Jai Kumar Pillai, J.), 23 June 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ravindra Singh Gurjar (Inspector (SHO)); Sub-Inspector, Police Station Vijay Nagar, Indore
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Article 226 of the Constitution of India; the JJ Act, 2015
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Looking at the overall facts and the settled law, this Court finds that the departmental enquiry was conducted fairly. The charges of negligence are fully supported by the preliminary inquiry report, and the impugned orders do not suffer from any …” (at para 39)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld.
- 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/2026/06/24/ravindra-singh-gurjar-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-682111.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0028)

**Record:** CW-2026-0028 (compiler id CWC-0231); case MADHYA-005
**Title:** Ravindra Singh Gurjar vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors.
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Indore; judges: Jai Kumar Pillai
**Case number / citation:** WP No. 45186 of 2025 / 2026:MPHC-IND:16427; 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 230
**Judgment:** 2026-06-23 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2023-06-15 (2023)
**Place:** Indore, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Indore; police station or unit: Vijay Nagar Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** Constitution Art 226; JJ Act 2015
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ravindra Singh Gurjar (Inspector (SHO)); Sub-Inspector, Police Station Vijay Nagar, Indore (1 in record)
**Victims:** Indore boy, age 16 (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

On 15.06.2023, while Inspector Ravindra Singh Gurjar was SHO of Vijay Nagar Police Station, Indore, four youths picked up over suspected gambling were kept at the station; the santari register recorded a 16-year-old boy as aged 16, yet he was illegally detained past midnight and released only after subordinates took Rs. 10,000 from the families. A departmental enquiry proved supervisory negligence and Juvenile violations, leading to a major penalty of demotion to Sub-Inspector for three years, confirmed in appeal and revision. The Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) dismissed his writ petition, holding the enquiry fair, the charges fully supported, and the demotion proportionate to his command responsibility. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Looking at the overall facts and the settled law, this Court finds that the departmental enquiry was conducted fairly. The charges of negligence are fully supported by the preliminary inquiry report, and the impugned orders do not suffer from any illegality or jurisdictional error.

**Sources (2):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/06/24/ravindra-singh-gurjar-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-682111.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/mp-police-sho-demotion-upheld-negligence-illegal-custodial-detention-of-minor-538836)
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 39
**display title redacted:** Ravindra Singh Gurjar 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': '2026-06-23', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': '2026:MPHC-IND:16427; 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 230', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/06/24/ravindra-singh-gurjar-v-state-of-madhya-pradesh-682111.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/mp-police-sho-demotion-upheld-negligence-illegal-custodial-detention-of-minor-538836', '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:** MP High Court (Indore) dismissed Inspector's writ, upholding his 3-year demotion to Sub-Inspector for command failure over the illegal night detention of a 16-year-old and Rs 10,000 staff gratification.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': 16, 'gender': 'male', 'descriptor': 'a 16-year-old boy'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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