# The State v. Satara Police Police Patil

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 December 1955 in Criminal Appeal No. 1164 of 1955, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Vyas, Shah, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Police Patil, North Satara.

- Register number: MH 11 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 1164 of 1955 / (1956) 58 BomLR 355
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: Vyas, Shah, JJ.), 2 December 1955
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Patil, North Satara
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Having regard to the evidence, we convict the accused of an offence under s. 161 of the Indian Penal Code and direct that the accused do suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months.” (at para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 0.5 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/790522/the-state-vs-shamrao-navji-patil/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1955-0001)

**Record:** CW-1955-0001 (compiler id CWC-1128); case GAP3-19-002
**Title:** The State v. Satara Police Police Patil
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: Vyas; Shah
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 1164 of 1955 / (1956) 58 BomLR 355
**Judgment:** 1955-12-02 (1955, day precision)
**Incident date:** Not stated
**Place:** Satara, Maharashtra (district at time: North Satara); city town: Satara; police station or unit: Police Patil, North Satara; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 161
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Patil, North Satara (1 in record)
**Victims:** Satara resident; Satara resident (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 0.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Police Patil Shamrao Patil demanded and received Rs.25 for issuing a solvency certificate for use in criminal proceedings. The Special Judge, North Satara, accepted the payment was proved but acquitted on the ground that issuing the certificate was no part of a Police Patil's duty and hence no official act. The High Court held an official act under IPC s.161 need only be done in official capacity, not be an obligatory duty, and issuing the certificate as Patil qualified. It allowed the State appeal, convicted the accused under s.161 IPC, and sentenced him to six months' rigorous imprisonment with an arrest warrant.

> Having regard to the evidence, we convict the accused of an offence under s. 161 of the Indian Penal Code and direct that the accused do suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/790522/the-state-vs-shamrao-navji-patil/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/829935/)
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** The State v. Satara Police Police Patil
**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': '1955-12-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(1956) 58 BomLR 355', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/790522/the-state-vs-shamrao-navji-patil/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/829935/', '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:** Bombay HC judgment verified; Police Patil acquittal reversed and bribery conviction entered (conviction_by_hc).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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