# Ranjit Singh v. The State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 April 1959 in Criminal Appeal No. 19 of 1957, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: J.L. Kapur, Syed Jaffer Imam, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Ranjit Singh (Sub-Inspector, Station House Officer).

- Register number: PB 19 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 19 of 1957 / AIR 1959 SC 843
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: J.L. Kapur, Syed Jaffer Imam, JJ.), 21 April 1959
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ranjit Singh (Sub-Inspector, Station House Officer)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In our opinion the appellant has been rightly convicted and we would therefore dismiss this appeal.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.25 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/837269/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1959-0001)

**Record:** CW-1959-0001 (compiler id CWC-0505); case SWDERELI-017
**Title:** Ranjit Singh v. The State of Punjab
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: J.L. Kapur; Syed Jaffer Imam
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 19 of 1957 / AIR 1959 SC 843
**Judgment:** 1959-04-21 (1959, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1953-09-26 (1953)
**Place:** Barnala, Punjab; city town: Shehna; police station or unit: Shehna Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 193
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ranjit Singh (Sub-Inspector, Station House Officer) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Shehna man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.25 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of SHO Ranjit Singh of Shehna under Section 193 IPC for filing a false affidavit denying the illegal detention of a Shehna man, who had been kept in the lock-up from 26.09.1953 to 10.10.1953 without charge or remand and then surreptitiously shifted across stations. The Court held a policeman swearing a false return to a habeas corpus petition is liable for false evidence, rejecting pleas that he was not bound to file it. The modified sentence of three months' simple imprisonment plus Rs.50 fine was sustained. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In our opinion the appellant has been rightly convicted and we would therefore dismiss this appeal.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/837269/); [highcourtchd.gov.in](https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/CRIMINAL%20APPEAL_19_1957.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Ranjit Singh v. The State of Punjab
**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 Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIR 1959 SC 843', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1959-04-21', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'AIR 1959 SC 843', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/837269/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://highcourtchd.gov.in/landmark_judgments/HC/English/CRIMINAL%20APPEAL_19_1957.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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:** SC judgment text verified after 429 retry; SHO false-affidavit s.193 conviction upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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