# Harikucha village Police Assistant Sub-Inspector and others v. State

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/103203/lalit-mohan-paramaguru-and-mohan-munda-appellant-hash-the-state-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1956-0002)

**Record:** CW-1956-0002 (compiler id CWC-1306); case GAP3-91-001
**Title:** Harikucha village Police Assistant Sub-Inspector and others v. State
**Court:** Orissa High Court; judges: Rao, J.; Das, J.
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 129 of 1955 / (1957) 23 CLT 31
**Judgment:** 1956-11-26 (1956, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1954-11-22 (1954)
**Place:** Odisha; city town: Harikucha village; police station or unit: Balanga Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; IPC 165
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Department, Orissa; Constable (No. 152), Police Department, Orissa (2 in record)
**Victims:** Harikucha village man; Harikucha village man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 2 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

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.

> All the contentions raised by the learned Counsel fail. The convictions and sentences are therefore confirmed and the appeal is dismissed.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/103203/lalit-mohan-paramaguru-and-mohan-munda-appellant-hash-the-state-respondent/); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?CaseId=516591390000&title=lalit-mohan-paramaguru-and--vs.-the-state)
**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:** 6
**display title redacted:** Harikucha village Police Assistant Sub-Inspector and others 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 Orissa High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Orissa High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(1957) 23 CLT 31', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1956-11-26', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Orissa High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Orissa High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(1957) 23 CLT 31', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/103203/lalit-mohan-paramaguru-and-mohan-munda-appellant-hash-the-state-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/browse/Case?CaseId=516591390000&title=lalit-mohan-paramaguru-and--vs.-the-state', '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:** Bribery convictions of ASI (2y RI) and constable (1.5y RI) confirmed; appeal dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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