# Agra Police Head Constable v. State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 September 1952, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Mukerji, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Mahfooz Ali (Head Constable).

- Register number: UP 80 CW 0001
- Case reference: AIR 1953 All 110
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Mukerji, J.), 17 September 1952
- Officer(s) at the material time: Mahfooz Ali (Head Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In my judgment, therefore, this appeal has no force and I accordingly dismiss it. The conviction and the sentence of the appellant is maintained. The appellant is on bail. He will immediately surrender to his bail and serve out his …” (at para 24)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 2.0 years.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1062066/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1952-0001)

**Record:** CW-1952-0001 (compiler id CWC-0391); case UTTARP-004
**Title:** Agra Police Head Constable v. State
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Mukerji
**Case number / citation:** AIR 1953 All 110
**Judgment:** 1952-09-17 (1952, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1949-10-11 (1949)
**Place:** Agra, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Agra; police station or unit: Idgah outpost, Agra city; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1947 s.5(2); PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Mahfooz Ali (Head Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Agra man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 2.0 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Allahabad High Court records the following account. Head Constable Mahfooz Ali, attached to Idgah outpost in Agra city, threatened complainant \[name withheld\] with prosecution under Section 420 IPC over a dispute regarding a promissory note, demanding Rs 50 (settled at Rs 20) as illegal gratification to submit a favourable enquiry report. An Agra man reported the extortion to town Congress representatives and the City Magistrate, leading to an anti-corruption trap on 11 October 1949 where marked currency notes were handed to the officer and recovered from his pocket. The Additional Sessions Judge, Agra, convicted him of criminal misconduct under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, sentencing him to two years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 200. On appeal, the Allahabad High Court dismissed the challenge, rejecting technical defences regarding habitual misconduct and statutory warnings under Section 7, and affirmed the conviction and sentence in full.

> In my judgment, therefore, this appeal has no force and I accordingly dismiss it. The conviction and the sentence of the appellant is maintained. The appellant is on bail. He will immediately surrender to his bail and serve out his sentence.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1062066/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 24
**display title redacted:** Agra Police Head Constable v. State
**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
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIR 1953 All 110', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1952-09-17', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'AIR 1953 All 110', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1062066/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Allahabad HC upheld conviction of Head Constable under s. 5(2) PC Act 1947 for extracting Rs 20 bribe, affirming 2 years RI and fine.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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