# State of Uttar Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector (confirmed)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 April 1977 in Civil Appeal No. 2339 of 1968, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: P. N. Shinghal, Y. V. Chandrachud, P. K. Goswami, JJ.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Sub-Inspector (confirmed), Etah, Uttar Pradesh Police.

- Register number: UP 82 CW 0001
- Case reference: Civil Appeal No. 2339 of 1968 / AIR 1977 SC 1680; (1977) 2 SCC 806
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: P. N. Shinghal, Y. V. Chandrachud, P. K. Goswami, JJ.), 4 April 1977
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (confirmed), Etah, Uttar Pradesh Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Two cases were registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- 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/739415/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1977-0003)

**Record:** CW-1977-0003 (compiler id CWC-1104); case GAP3-127-013
**Title:** State of Uttar Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector (confirmed)
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: P. N. Shinghal; Y. V. Chandrachud; P. K. Goswami
**Case number / citation:** Civil Appeal No. 2339 of 1968 / AIR 1977 SC 1680; (1977) 2 SCC 806
**Judgment:** 1977-04-04 (1977, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1954-01-01 (1954)
**Place:** Etah, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Etah; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1947; IPC
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (confirmed), Etah, Uttar Pradesh Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Supreme Court on 4 April 1977 allowed the State's appeal and dismissed former sub-inspector 's suit, leaving his 1954 corruption-based dismissal intact. The Court found that two cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code had been registered against the confirmed Etah SI following an anonymous complaint, and that he had been dismissed by the Deputy Inspector-General. It held that his plea that only the Inspector-General could dismiss him under Article 311(1) ought to have been raised in his earlier writ petition and was barred by constructive res judicata. The merits of the corruption charges were not re-examined, and no compensation was ordered. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Two cases were registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Penal Code.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/739415/); [legalauthority.in](https://www.legalauthority.in/judgement/state-of-uttar-pradesh-vs-nawab-hussain-33885)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** State of Uttar Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector (confirmed)
**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': '1977-04-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'AIR 1977 SC 1680; (1977) 2 SCC 806', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/739415/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.legalauthority.in/judgement/state-of-uttar-pradesh-vs-nawab-hussain-33885', '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 restored corruption-based dismissal of Etah SI on constructive res judicata; merits of PC Act charges not re-examined.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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