Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Orissa High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (1957) 23 CLT 31
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CW-1956-0002OdishaJudgment 26 November 1956
Harikucha village Police Assistant Sub-Inspector and others v. State
The judgment of the Orissa High Court records the following account. An Assistant Sub-Inspector and a Constable visited Harikucha village in connection with a theft case, took a fowl and biri without payment, and the next morning accepted a goat and plantains as gratification for forbearing to act officially. The Special Judge, Sambalpur convicted the ASI under section 161 IPC (2 years RI) and the Constable on two counts under section 165 IPC (1.5 years RI each, concurrent). On 26 November 1956 the Division Bench dismissed their appeal, holding the Superintendent of Police had validly sanctioned prosecution after supervising the investigation and that all charges formed one transaction. The court confirmed both convictions and sentences on the eyewitness evidence. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 26 November 1956 in Criminal Appeal No. 129 of 1955, the Orissa High Court (Coram: Rao, J., Das, J., JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Department, Orissa; Constable (No. 152), Police Department, Orissa.
- Register number
- OD 00 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 129 of 1955 / (1957) 23 CLT 31
- Court and date
- Orissa High Court (Coram: Rao, J., Das, J., JJ.), 26 November 1956
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Department, Orissa; Constable (No. 152), Police Department, Orissa
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 165 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “All the contentions raised by the learned Counsel fail. The convictions and sentences are therefore confirmed and the appeal is dismissed.” (at para 6)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 2 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Orissa High Court judgment dated 26 November 1956 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“All the contentions raised by the learned Counsel fail. The convictions and sentences are therefore confirmed and the appeal is dismissed.” (para 6)
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Institutional response
26 Nov 1956
Order issued
ConcludedThe Orissa High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (1957) 23 CLT 31
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
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