Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 1980 SCC (2) 390; AIR 1980 SC 873
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CW-1980-0001DelhiJudgment 15 February 1980
Delhi Police Police Constable v. Delhi Administration
The Supreme Court (Criminal Appeal No. 211 of 1974, by special leave) dismissed the appeal and upheld the conviction of Delhi Police Constable, already confirmed by the Delhi High Court (Crl. A. No. 186/72): two years' rigorous imprisonment on each of the two counts (plus Rs 500 fine on the first count), to run concurrently. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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Report card
By judgment dated 15 February 1980 in Criminal Appeal No. 211 of 1974, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: R.S. Sarkaria, O. Chinnappa Reddy, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Constable, Kashmere Gate Police Station, Delhi Police.
- Register number
- DL 00 CW 0003
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 211 of 1974 / 1980 SCC (2) 390; AIR 1980 SC 873
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: R.S. Sarkaria, O. Chinnappa Reddy, JJ.), 15 February 1980
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable, Kashmere Gate Police Station, Delhi Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 5(1)(d)/5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.”
- 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.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 15 February 1980 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
OtherPrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.”
Separate from verification
Institutional response
15 Feb 1980
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: 1980 SCC (2) 390; AIR 1980 SC 873
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.