# Mandrup Police Sub-Inspector of Police (Police Station Officer) v. State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 15 January 1991 in Criminal Appeal No. 878 of 1987, the Bombay High Court (Coram: D. J. Moharir, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Sub-Inspector of Police (Police Station Officer), Mandrup Police Station, Solapur.

- Register number: MH 13 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 878 of 1987 / (1991) 1 BomCR 486 : (1991) CriLJ 2085
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: D. J. Moharir, J.), 15 January 1991
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector of Police (Police Station Officer), Mandrup Police Station, Solapur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The commission of offence under section 161 and S. 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947 was thus rightly held established by the trial Court and on appeal here this Court must also unhesitatingly confirm the …” (at para 25)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1.5 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/1409007/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1991-0003)

**Record:** CW-1991-0003 (compiler id CWC-1127); case GAP3-19-001
**Title:** Mandrup Police Sub-Inspector of Police (Police Station Officer) v. State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: D. J. Moharir
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 878 of 1987 / (1991) 1 BomCR 486 : (1991) CriLJ 2085
**Judgment:** 1991-01-15 (1991, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1986-10-03 (1986)
**Place:** Solapur, Maharashtra; city town: Mandrup; police station or unit: Mandrup Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d) r/w s.5(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector of Police (Police Station Officer), Mandrup Police Station, Solapur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Mandrup resident; Mandrup resident (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. PSI, Police Station Officer at Mandrup, detained a fodder-laden tractor-trolley and demanded Rs.300 from its owner to release it, saying no hafta was being paid. The owner approached the Anti-Corruption Branch, which laid a trap with marked currency on 3 October 1986 and caught the PSI accepting the money. The Court held detention unnecessary and a facade to extract money, and demand and acceptance proved beyond reasonable doubt. It dismissed the appeal, confirmed one year's RI plus fine under IPC s.161 and 18 months' RI plus fine under the PC Act 1947, and ordered surrender by 15 February 1991.

> The commission of offence under section 161 and S. 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947 was thus rightly held established by the trial Court and on appeal here this Court must also unhesitatingly confirm the same.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1409007/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/805457/abhimanyu-vithalrao-jadhav-appellant-hash-state-of-maharashtra-respondent/)
**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:** 25
**display title redacted:** Mandrup Police Sub-Inspector of Police (Police Station Officer) v. State of Maharashtra
**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 Bombay High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Bombay High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(1991) 1 BomCR 486 : (1991) CriLJ 2085', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1991-01-15', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(1991) 1 BomCR 486 : (1991) CriLJ 2085', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1409007/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/805457/abhimanyu-vithalrao-jadhav-appellant-hash-state-of-maharashtra-respondent/', '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:** Bombay HC judgment verified; PSI bribery conviction and 18-month sentence confirmed (conviction_upheld).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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