CW-2003-0023Sagar, Madhya PradeshJudgment 27 November 2003

State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr. Banda Woman & Anr.

Replace final sentence with the recorded police version: defendants' case was that students and anti-social elements resorted to violence, so police fired in the air without aiming at anyone to protect public and government property. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 27 November 2003, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S. P. Khare, J.) returned findings adverse to the accused police personnel, and directed payment of compensation of Rs 75,000.

Register number
MP 15 CW 0001
Case reference
I (2006) ACC 405
Court and date
Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: S. P. Khare, J.), 27 November 2003
Officer(s) at the material time
Not identified in the cited sources (Banda police)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Article 21 of the Constitution of India; Article 300 of the Constitution of India
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The house of the plaintiffs was just at a 10 ft. height from the ground and, therefore, it is clear that so far as the plaintiffs are concerned, the act of the police officer was negligent. This negligence was qua …” (at para 8)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Adverse finding + compensation. Sentence: compensation only. Compensation: Rs 75,000.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment dated 27 November 2003 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The house of the plaintiffs was just at a 10 ft. height from the ground and, therefore, it is clear that so far as the plaintiffs are concerned, the act of the police officer was negligent. This negligence was qua …” (para 8)

Institutional response

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27 Nov 2003

Order issued

Concluded
Madhya Pradesh High Court External · Binding

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recorded adverse findings against police personnel and ordered Rs 75,000.

Compensation ordered · Supports allegation (for the compensated wrong only).
Source: I (2006) ACC 405
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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