# Sudhakar Bhaskar Pore vs The State Of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 26 February 1992, the Bombay High Court (Coram: D.J. Moharir, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Sudhakar Bhaskar Pore (Head Constable).

- Register number: MH 01 CW 0002
- Case reference: 1993 (3) Bom CR 482
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: D.J. Moharir, J.), 26 February 1992
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sudhakar Bhaskar Pore (Head Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Aware that a Kolad man and his brother or family members would abhore a Kolad man being hand-cuffed and paraded in hand-cuffs all the way from Kolad to Roha, the accused took the opportunity of squeezing them to pay bribe …” (at para 30)
- 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/1988488/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1992-0003)

**Record:** CW-1992-0003 (compiler id CWC-0545); case SWEXTORT-010
**Title:** Sudhakar Bhaskar Pore vs The State Of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: D.J. Moharir
**Case number / citation:** 1993 (3) Bom CR 482
**Judgment:** 1992-02-26 (1992, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1980-09-10 (1980)
**Place:** Raigad, Maharashtra; city town: Kolad; police station or unit: Kolad police outpost, Police Station Roha; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d); PC Act 1947 s.5(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sudhakar Bhaskar Pore (Head Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kolad man; Kolad man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Head Constable, posted at Kolad outpost under PS Roha, was entrusted with an Essential Commodities case against grocer a Kolad man and threatened to arrest, handcuff and parade him 15 km to Roha unless paid. He extracted Rs.80 on 10 September 1980 and Rs.25 of a further Rs.100 demand on 15 September 1980, and was caught in an ACB Alibag trap on 17 September 1980 accepting the balance Rs.75. The trial court convicted him under s.161 IPC and ss.5(1)(d)/5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947 with one-year concurrent RI sentences. The Bombay High Court held the squeezing of money was a gross abuse of police authority, confirmed the convictions, and dismissed the appeal.

> Aware that a Kolad man and his brother or family members would abhore a Kolad man being hand-cuffed and paraded in hand-cuffs all the way from Kolad to Roha, the accused took the opportunity of squeezing them to pay bribe to him.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1988488/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**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:** 30
**display title redacted:** Sudhakar Bhaskar Pore vs The 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': '1993 (3) Bom CR 482', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1992-02-26', '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': '1993 (3) Bom CR 482', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1988488/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**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 confirmed head constable's 1-year RI bribe conviction; trap and abuse of authority proved.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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