# Haryana Police Sub-Inspector (in charge of Police Station, Solan) vs State of Haryana

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## Report card

By judgment dated 14 February 1979 in Criminal Appeal No. 214 of 1974, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, A. D. Koshal, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Sub-Inspector (in charge of Police Station, Solan), Haryana Police.

- Register number: HR 01 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 214 of 1974 / AIR 1979 SC 1820; (1980) 1 SCC 124
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, A. D. Koshal, JJ.), 14 February 1979
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (in charge of Police Station, Solan), Haryana Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “This fact, however, has been proved by the evidence of independent witnesses and accepted by two courts and we find ourselves unable to differ with the view taken by them. Moreover, the appellant was clever Police Officer and wanted to …” (at para 3)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- 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/1560370/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1979-0001)

**Record:** CW-1979-0001 (compiler id CWC-0155); case HARYAN-001
**Title:** Haryana Police Sub-Inspector (in charge of Police Station, Solan) vs State of Haryana
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: S. Murtaza Fazal Ali; A. D. Koshal
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 214 of 1974 / AIR 1979 SC 1820; (1980) 1 SCC 124
**Judgment:** 1979-02-14 (1979, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1969-12-19 (1969)
**Place:** Ambala, Haryana; city town: Ambala; police station or unit: Police Station Solan (SHO); trap laid at Ambala; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1947 s.5(2); IPC 161
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (in charge of Police Station, Solan), Haryana Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ambala man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Sub-Inspector, in charge of a police station investigating a Bank of Patiala godown theft reported by an Ambala man, who demanded Rs 3,000 to help the complainant. Haryana Vigilance trapped him at Ambala on 19 December 1969, recovering the marked currency notes with the hand-wash turning red. The Court held the independent witnesses unshaken and refused leniency, upholding one year's RI with a Rs 2,000 fine under Section 5(2) of the 1947 PC Act and one year's RI under Section 161 IPC, concurrent. (Posting stated as PS Solan; trap and prosecution at Ambala, Haryana.). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> This fact, however, has been proved by the evidence of independent witnesses and accepted by two courts and we find ourselves unable to differ with the view taken by them. Moreover, the appellant was clever Police Officer and wanted to take all possible precautions.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1560370/)
**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:** 3
**display title redacted:** Haryana Police Sub-Inspector (in charge of Police Station, Solan) vs State of Haryana
**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 1979 SC 1820; (1980) 1 SCC 124', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1979-02-14', '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 1979 SC 1820; (1980) 1 SCC 124', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1560370/', '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: SHO's Rs 3,000 bribe conviction upheld (1 yr RI Sec 5(2) PC Act + 1 yr Sec 161); appeal dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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