CW-2008-0008Tikamgarh, Madhya PradeshJudgment 7 March 2008

Ashok Kumar Jain and Rakesh Kumar vs State of Madhya Pradesh

State the recorded defence: appellants claimed cross-firing with dacoits in the jungle near Khakrone and that a Mohangarh man died in the encounter; death occurred in the night intervening 7th/8th January 1988. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 7 March 2008 in Criminal Appeals against judgment dated 12-11-1990 in S.T. No. 125/1988, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: R.C. Mishra, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Ashok Kumar Jain (Station House Officer); Rakesh Kumar (Constable).

Register number
MP 36 CW 0001
Case reference
Criminal Appeals against judgment dated 12-11-1990 in S.T. No. 125/1988 / (2008) ILR (MP) 934; (2008) 3 MPHT 176
Court and date
Madhya Pradesh High Court (Coram: R.C. Mishra, J.), 7 March 2008
Officer(s) at the material time
Ashok Kumar Jain (Station House Officer); Rakesh Kumar (Constable)
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 330 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
Finding of the Court (extract)
“In the result, both the appeals are dismissed and the impugned convictions as well as consequent sentences of the respective appellants are hereby affirmed.” (at para 31)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 5 years.
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 7 March 2008 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Custodial deathPrimary
Material fact supported

Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.

Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“In the result, both the appeals are dismissed and the impugned convictions as well as consequent sentences of the respective appellants are hereby affirmed.” (para 31)

Institutional response

2
Date not established

Conviction

Concluded
Trial court (as recorded in the Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment) External · Binding

The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment.

Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2008) ILR (MP) 934; (2008) 3 MPHT 176
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7 Mar 2008

Order issued

Concluded
Madhya Pradesh High Court External · Binding

The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.

Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (2008) ILR (MP) 934; (2008) 3 MPHT 176
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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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