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SURYA KANT, DIPANKAR DATTA, UJJAL BHUYAN
Ram Autar Singh Yadav – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER
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, Banda [SP, Banda], recommended the appellant for the President’s Gallantry Police Medal to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Jhansi. However, nothing positive transpired thereafter. In due course of time, the appellant superannuated from service. Till
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