{ "record_id": "CW-2024-0012", "status": "current", "merged_id": "CWC-0387", "alias_merged_ids": [], "display_title": "Syed Allauddin Baber vs The State of A.P. rep. by its Spl. P.P. Hyd., for ACB", "display_title_redacted": "Syed Allauddin Baber vs The State of A.P. rep. by its Spl. P.P. Hyd., for ACB", "state": "Telangana", "district": "Hyderabad", "district_at_time": null, "city_town": "Hyderabad", "police_station_or_unit": "Police outpost, Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS)", "court": "Telangana High Court", "court_as_verified": "Telangana High Court", "bench": null, "case_title": "Syed Allauddin Baber vs The State of A.P. rep. by its Spl. P.P. Hyd., for ACB", "case_number": "Criminal Appeal No. 1234 of 2010", "citation": null, "judges": [ "K. Surender" ], "judgment_date": "2024-07-05", "date_precision": "day", "judgment_year": 2024, "incident_date": "2004-01-08", "incident_year": 2004, "category": "Other", "admin_category": "corruption", "admin_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act", "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act", "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act", "protest_override_heuristic": false, "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld", "sections": [ "PC Act 1988 s.7", "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)", "PC Act 1988 s.13(2)" ], "officers": [ { "name": "Syed Allauddin Baber", "rank": "Head Constable", "unit": "Police outpost, MGBS, Hyderabad", "role": "convicted", "publish_grade": "named_safe", "gate_reasons": [], "ledger_role": "convicted", "key2": "yes", "key2_agy": null, "key2_claude": null, "key2_union": null, "key2_gemapi": null, "key2_openrouter": "yes", "key2_gpt56": null, "grok": null, "jev_risk": 0.13, "jev_p_culpable": 0.97, "key2_gpt": null, "later_outcome": "pending_appeal", "name_public": "Syed Allauddin Baber", "display": "Syed Allauddin Baber (Head Constable)" } ], "officer_count": 1, "victims": [ { "name": null, "age": null, "gender": "male", "descriptor": "Hyderabad man" } ], "victims_redacted": null, "anonymised": false, "victim_count": 1, "sentence_type": "imprisonment", "sentence_max_years": null, "compensation_inr": null, "force": "state_police", "primary_source_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/148043179/", "secondary_sources": [], "summary": "The Telangana High Court upheld the conviction of Head Constable Syed Allauddin Baber of the MGBS police outpost for demanding and accepting a Rs 500 bribe from an ex-Air Force man turned bank clerk. The Court found the officer had stopped the complainant at the bus station on 23 December 2003 on a false solicitation pretext, seized his driving licence and CAT card, and insisted on Rs 500 for their return. The ACB trapped him on 8 January 2004 when he took the tainted notes and his right-hand wash tested positive. It held demand and acceptance proved by the complainant, the mediator and the seized documents found in his possession, dismissed the appeal, and directed him to surrender to serve the remaining sentence with Section 428 set-off.", "summary_verified": "The Telangana High Court upheld the conviction of Head Constable Syed Allauddin Baber of the MGBS police outpost for demanding and accepting a Rs 500 bribe from an ex-Air Force man turned bank clerk. The Court found the officer had stopped the complainant at the bus station on 23 December 2003 on a false solicitation pretext, seized his driving licence and CAT card, and insisted on Rs 500 for their return. The ACB trapped him on 8 January 2004 when he took the tainted notes and his right-hand wash tested positive. It held demand and acceptance proved by the complainant, the mediator and the seized documents found in his possession, dismissed the appeal, and directed him to surrender to serve the remaining sentence with Section 428 set-off.", "court_quote": "The version of P.W.1, P.W.2 and Exs.P1 and P2, being found in possession of the appellant, gives credibility to the case of the prosecution that the appellant demanded and accepted the bribe from P.W.1. There are no grounds to interfere with the finding of the Special Court.", "court_quote_para": "10", "confidence": "medium", "verdict": "accept", "verdict_note": "PC Act trap conviction of head constable upheld; appeal dismissed (operative para per agent quotes).", "verification_status": "V2", "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported", "tier_badge": "Externally reported", "tier": "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded", "tier_history": [ "Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded" ], "allegations": [ { "category": "Other", "primary": true, "position": "Material fact supported", "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.", "official_finding_relation": "supports allegation" } ], "institutional_response": [ { "date": null, "action_type": "Conviction", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Trial court (as recorded in the Telangana High Court judgment)", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Telangana High Court judgment.", "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation", "source": "Criminal Appeal No. 1234 of 2010", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." }, { "date": "2024-07-05", "action_type": "Order issued", "status": "Concluded", "authority": "Telangana High Court", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "The Telangana High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.", "disposition": "Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)", "source": "Criminal Appeal No. 1234 of 2010", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." }, { "date": "2024-09-30", "action_type": "Appeal pending", "status": "Pending", "authority": "Supreme Court of India", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "As of 30 September 2024, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: Syed Allauddin Baber); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.", "disposition": "Later proceeding · Appeal pending", "source": "https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/cl/2025-11-20/M_R_1.pdf", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." }, { "date": "2025-11-20", "action_type": "Appeal pending", "status": "Pending", "authority": "Supreme Court of India", "independence": "External", "legal_effect": "Binding", "description": "As of 20 November 2025, an appeal arising from this judgment was pending before the Supreme Court of India (officers: Syed Allauddin Baber); the judgment's findings had not been set aside on that date.", "disposition": "Later proceeding · Appeal pending", "source": "https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/cl/2025-11-20/M_R_1.pdf", "recheck": "Not yet re-checked." } ], "later_proceedings": [ { "court": "Supreme Court of India", "date": "2024-09-30", "url": "https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/cl/2025-11-20/M_R_1.pdf", "outcome": "pending_appeal" }, { "court": "Supreme Court of India", "date": "2025-11-20", "url": "https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/cl/2025-11-20/M_R_1.pdf", "outcome": "pending_appeal" } ], "final_outcome_url": null, "followup_history": [ { "date": "2026-09-19", "scope": "Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass", "method": "skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)", "result": "holds", "corrections_applied": [] } ], "followup_status": "checked", "last_checked": "2026-09-19", "link_checked_per_url": [ { "url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/148043179/", "link_checked": null } ], "source_assessment": { "established": null, "basis": null }, "v3_basis": null, "publication_basis": null, "reviews": [], "retracted": { "is_retracted": false }, "fidelity_checked": true, "verified_by": [ "chunk-30" ], "merged_case_id": "TELANG-010", "officers_named_public": 1, "record_flag": null, "service": "police", "watch": "babuwatch" }