Published on : 03 Oct 2025, 6:16 am 2 min read

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has called for surveillance of the online presence of police officials, observing that social media “intoxication” was prevalent amongst cops posted at residences of protectees, court or even on law and order duty [Ashok Kumar Tripathi v State of Madhya Pradesh] .

The Division Bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Pushpendra Yadav was dealing with the case of a police official who was found sleeping under the influence of alcohol during guard duty.

The Court ruled that the decision to compulsorily retire the policeman was not disproportionate to the charge levelled against him and thus, rejected his appeal.

“ Petitioner was the member of guard duty at the residence of a Protectee, therefor

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