# Jabalpur Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 September 2026 in Writ Petition No. 2985 of 2026 with Writ Petition No. 2986 of 2026, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Vivek Agarwal, Avanindra Kumar Singh, JJ.) adjudicated the matter concerning 3 police personnel, namely: City Superintendent of Police, Gohalpur Division, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police; Additional Superintendent of Police (City), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police; Superintendent of Police, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police.

- Register number: MP 20 CW 0014
- Case reference: Writ Petition No. 2985 of 2026 with Writ Petition No. 2986 of 2026 / 2026:MPHC-JBP:70034
- Court and date: Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: Vivek Agarwal, Avanindra Kumar Singh, JJ.), 11 September 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: City Superintendent of Police, Gohalpur Division, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police; Additional Superintendent of Police (City), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police; Superintendent of Police, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Section 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980; Article 21 and 22 of the Constitution of India of the Constitution of India
- Finding of the Court (extract): “this lacuna of non-application of mind, arising out of the incorrect supply of data by the concerned City Superintendent of Police, Gohalpur, District Jabalpur, and its mechanical forwarding by the Additional Superintendent of Police and the Superintendent of Police to …” (at para 24)
- 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/102960373/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0100)

**Record:** CW-2026-0100 (compiler id CWC-1390)
**Title:** Jabalpur Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others
**Court:** Madhya Pradesh High Court; bench: Jabalpur; judges: Vivek Agarwal; Avanindra Kumar Singh
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition No. 2985 of 2026 with Writ Petition No. 2986 of 2026 / 2026:MPHC-JBP:70034
**Judgment:** 2026-09-11 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2026-01-06 (2026)
**Place:** Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; city town: Jabalpur; police station or unit: City Superintendent of Police, Gohalpur Division, Jabalpur; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** illegal detention false imprisonment
**Outcome:** Adverse finding (adverse_finding)
**Sections:** Section 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980; Article 21 and 22 of the Constitution of India
**Officers (gated display forms):** City Superintendent of Police, Gohalpur Division, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police; Additional Superintendent of Police (City), Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police; Superintendent of Police, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Jabalpur man; Jabalpur man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

Two brothers in Jabalpur were detained under the National Security Act by the District Magistrate's order of 6.1.2026, after a country-made bomb explosion on 4.1.2026 that police attributed to one of them; the detention was extended on 1.4.2026 and 6.7.2026. The High Court found that the City Superintendent of Police, Gohalpur, listed fourteen cases as pending trial when the petitioner had been acquitted in eleven of them, some as far back as 2004, and that the report went from the CSP to the Additional SP, the SP and the District Magistrate on the same day. It held that this incorrect supply of data, its mechanical forwarding and the District Magistrate's reliance on it without verification vitiated the detention, which could have been checked on CCTNS 'with the slightest of efforts'. The court also recorded that the SP had issued a show-cause notice to a sub-inspector over manipulation of CCTV footage of 4.1.2026. The detention orders were set aside on 11.09.2026.

> this lacuna of non-application of mind, arising out of the incorrect supply of data by the concerned City Superintendent of Police, Gohalpur, District Jabalpur, and its mechanical forwarding by the Additional Superintendent of Police and the Superintendent of Police to the District Magistrate, Jabalpur, coupled with the District Magistrate's blatant reliance upon such data without seeking its verification, vitiates the impugned order of detention.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/102960373/); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/09/22/rajendra-thakur-v-state-of-mp-701658.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-sets-aside-nsa-detention-order-over-incorrect-criminal-antecedents-551185)
**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': 'Court finding', 'position_explainer': 'A court has made a finding on this allegation.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** True
**court quote para:** 24
**display title redacted:** Jabalpur Man vs The State of Madhya Pradesh and Others
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-27', 'scope': 'Past-days sweep (25-27 Sep): record written from the full order on Indian Kanoon; quote checked verbatim; judgment date is 11.09.2026 (reported 22.09.2026). Detainees are not named.'}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2026-09-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madhya Pradesh High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside the NSA detention order of 6.1.2026 against both brothers, finding non-application of mind caused by incorrect criminal-history data supplied by police.', 'disposition': 'Adverse finding (preventive detention vitiated by incorrect police data) · detention set aside', 'source': 'Writ Petition No. 2985 of 2026 with Writ Petition No. 2986 of 2026', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-27
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/102960373/', 'link_checked': '2026-09-27'}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/09/22/rajendra-thakur-v-state-of-mp-701658.pdf', 'link_checked': '2026-09-27'}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-sets-aside-nsa-detention-order-over-incorrect-criminal-antecedents-551185', 'link_checked': '2026-09-27'}
**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:** Checked against the full common order dated 11.09.2026 (Indian Kanoon; neutral citation 2026:MPHC-JBP:70034). LiveLaw's PDF copy stops at page 8, before the operative paragraphs; the Indian Kanoon text includes paras 21-30. The bomb allegation is the State's case and is still under investigation (Crime No. 19/2026); the court made no finding on it.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Adverse finding.

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