RAM AUTAR SINGH YADAV v. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH

Corrected IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPEAL No. 13806 of 2024 [Arising out of SLP (C) No.26568 of 2023]

1. Leave granted.

2. The octogenarian appellant is a former member of the Police

Force of Uttar Pradesh. At the relevant time, while holding the post

of Sub-Inspector of Police, he was posted as Station House Officer,

Police Station Bisanda, District Banda.

3. On 13.03.1986, the appellant was returning from the

Headquarter to the Thana by travelling in a bus. Around 8.00 p.m.,

the bus was accosted by dacoits. They blocked the bus with stones

and opened fired with an intention to commit dacoity. The appellant

used his service revolver to fire back at the dacoits. In the

encounter that followed, one dacoit named Chhidawa (a hardened

criminal) was shot and he succumbed to the gunshot fired by the

appellant.

4. The act of courage and valiance of the appellant did not go

unnoticed. The Additional Superintendent of Police, Banda,

commended the appellant for his daring encounter. Nearly two

years later, the Superintendent of Police, Banda1, recommended the

appellant for the President’s Gallantry Police Medal to the Deputy

1 SP, Banda

Inspector General of Police, Jhansi. However, nothing positive

transpired thereafter. In due course of time, the appellant

superann...