# Lateri Police Head Constable vs State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 February 2026 in WP No. 1336 of 2008, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Anand Singh Bahrawat, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, Police Station Anandpur, Lateri, Vidisha.

- Register number: MP 40 CW 0001
- Case reference: WP No. 1336 of 2008 / 2026:MPHC-GWL:5779
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Anand Singh Bahrawat, J.), 13 February 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Police Station Anandpur, Lateri, Vidisha
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as compulsorily retired.
- Provisions invoked: Not stated in the cited sources
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the foregoing discussion and the facts and circumstances of the present case in their entirety, this Court is of the considered opinion that when State Government itself has shown mercy to the delinquent by imposing a lesser …” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- 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/2026/02/19/babulal-deewan-v-state-of-mp-657074.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0045)

**Record:** CW-2026-0045 (compiler id CWC-1267); case GAP3-81-001
**Title:** Lateri Police Head Constable vs State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Gwalior; judges: Anand Singh Bahrawat
**Case number / citation:** WP No. 1336 of 2008 / 2026:MPHC-GWL:5779
**Judgment:** 2026-02-13 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Lateri; police station or unit: Police Station Anandpur, Lateri, Vidisha; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Police Station Anandpur, Lateri, Vidisha (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

Head Constable, posted at PS Anandpur (Lateri, Vidisha), faced a complaint leading to a fact-finding inquiry, charge-sheet and full departmental enquiry in which the charges were held proved. The SP Vidisha dismissed him on 28 February 2002, the IG rejected his appeal in October 2002, and the State converted dismissal to compulsory retirement in a mercy petition in September 2007. The court held mercy is an act of grace beyond claims of right and the petitioner had no enforceable right to challenge the mercy order. It refused reinstatement and dismissed the petition as bereft of substance; the underlying misconduct charge is not specified in the judgment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of the foregoing discussion and the facts and circumstances of the present case in their entirety, this Court is of the considered opinion that when State Government itself has shown mercy to the delinquent by imposing a lesser punishment, the present petition, being bereft of substance, is liable to be and is accordingly dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/02/19/babulal-deewan-v-state-of-mp-657074.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-dismisses-police-constables-plea-against-compulsory-retirement-says-mercy-is-an-act-of-grace-and-compassion-beyond-claims-of-right-523786)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 12
**display title redacted:** Lateri Police Head Constable 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': '2026-02-13', '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-GWL:5779', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/02/19/babulal-deewan-v-state-of-mp-657074.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-dismisses-police-constables-plea-against-compulsory-retirement-says-mercy-is-an-act-of-grace-and-compassion-beyond-claims-of-right-523786', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Compulsory retirement (mercy-modified dismissal) after proved charges upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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