# Gian Singh v. State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 March 1974 in Criminal Appeal (Special Leave), the Supreme Court of India (Coram: H. R. Khanna, V. R. Krishna Iyer, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Gian Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector (then Station House Officer)).

- Register number: PB 03 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal (Special Leave) / (1974) 4 SCC 305; AIR 1974 SC 1024
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: H. R. Khanna, V. R. Krishna Iyer, JJ.), 5 March 1974
- Officer(s) at the material time: Gian Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector (then Station House Officer))
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We dismiss the appeal, and if the accused is on bail, he will surrender in consequence.” (at para 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; 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://indiankanoon.org/doc/192975814/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1974-0001)

**Record:** CW-1974-0001 (compiler id CWC-0441); case SWBRIBER-014
**Title:** Gian Singh v. State of Punjab
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: H. R. Khanna; V. R. Krishna Iyer
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal (Special Leave) / (1974) 4 SCC 305; AIR 1974 SC 1024
**Judgment:** 1974-03-05 (1974, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1968-05-24 (1968)
**Place:** Bathinda, Punjab; city town: Raman; police station or unit: Police Station Raman; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Gian Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector (then Station House Officer)) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Raman man; Raman woman (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 2 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court dismissed the special-leave appeal of ASI Gian Singh, then Station House Officer of Police Station Raman, upholding his conviction under Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. The Court recorded that on 24 May 1968 he recorded a Raman man's complaint but did not arrest the available accused, and through Sarpanch Chand Singh demanded a bribe scaled from Rs. 150 to Rs. 100 for effecting arrest, with ten Rs. 10 notes from the victim's mother \[name withheld\] used as speed money in a trap laid with the DSP. It refused to re-weigh evidence under Article 136, holding police trap witnesses are not discreditable merely for being police. The sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment with a Rs. 500 fine stands, and the accused was directed to surrender if on bail. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We dismiss the appeal, and if the accused is on bail, he will surrender in consequence.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/192975814/)
**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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Gian Singh v. 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**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': '(1974) 4 SCC 305; AIR 1974 SC 1024', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1974-03-05', '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': '(1974) 4 SCC 305; AIR 1974 SC 1024', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/192975814/', '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:** SC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; SHO's s.5(1)(d) PC Act 1947 conviction and sentence upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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