# Indore Man and Others vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 16 June 2026 in CRR No. 258 of 2026, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Bench (Coram: Gajendra Singh, J.) adjudicated the matter concerning 3 police personnel, namely: Constable, Police Station MIG, Indore; Constable, Police Station MIG, Indore; Inspector, Police Station MIG, Indore.

- Register number: MP 09 CW 0031
- Case reference: CRR No. 258 of 2026 / 2026:MPHC-IND:15546
- Court and date: High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Bench (Coram: Gajendra Singh, J.), 16 June 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Police Station MIG, Indore; Constable, Police Station MIG, Indore; Inspector, Police Station MIG, Indore
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: 306; 342; 193; 32; 176; 173; 197
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The above incident is not a result where revision petitioners were performing the duty to handle the violent mob and were justified in using the criminal force and exceeded their scope of use of force but it is a case …” (at para 13)
- 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/47171834/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0059)

**Record:** CW-2026-0059 (compiler id CWC-1320); case cop-mp-hc-0
**Title:** Indore Man and Others vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others
**Court:** High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Bench; judges: Gajendra Singh
**Case number / citation:** CRR No. 258 of 2026 / 2026:MPHC-IND:15546
**Judgment:** 2026-06-16 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2015-12-19 (2015)
**Place:** Indore, Madhya Pradesh; police station or unit: Police Station MIG, Indore; CID Headquarters, Bhopal; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial death
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** 306; 342; 193; 32; 176; 173; 197
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Police Station MIG, Indore; Constable, Police Station MIG, Indore; Inspector, Police Station MIG, Indore (3 in record)
**Victims:** Indore man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The High Court dismissed a criminal revision filed by three police officers challenging the trial court's rejection of their claim for sanction under Section 197 CrPC. The Court held that the officers subjected the deceased \[name withheld\] to physical assault and mental torture while in custody at Police Station MIG, Indore, leading to his death, and subsequently attempted to cover up the incident by failing to record his custody in the Roznamcha and making false CCTNS entries. The Court affirmed that the 'reasonable nexus' test for Section 197 protection was not satisfied as the alleged acts were not in discharge of official duty.

> The above incident is not a result where revision petitioners were performing the duty to handle the violent mob and were justified in using the criminal force and exceeded their scope of use of force but it is a case where alleged use of force is when the deceased was in custody of the police in police station and there was no occasion to exercise the use of force or physical assault followed by various acts to cover up the incident.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47171834/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_death
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial death', '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 and Others 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': '2026-06-16', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Bench', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Indore Bench recorded adverse findings against police personnel.', 'disposition': 'adverse finding compensation', 'source': '2026:MPHC-IND:15546', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-24
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47171834/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial death
**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:** Verified against the cited judgment.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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