# Pulgaon Police Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge) v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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## Report card

By judgment dated 12 July 1995 in Criminal Appeal No. 571 of 1991, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Jayachandra Reddy, M.M. Punchhi, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge), Pulgaon Police Station, Durg.

- Register number: CG 07 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 571 of 1991 / 1995 SCC (5) 320; AIR 1995 SC 2121
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: K. Jayachandra Reddy, M.M. Punchhi, JJ.), 12 July 1995
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge), Pulgaon Police Station, Durg
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Applying the above ratio to the facts of this case we hold that both the courts have rightly held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine.
- 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/907234/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1995-0005)

**Record:** CW-1995-0005 (compiler id CWC-0442); case SWBRIBER-015
**Title:** Pulgaon Police Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge) v. State of Madhya Pradesh
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: K. Jayachandra Reddy; M.M. Punchhi
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 571 of 1991 / 1995 SCC (5) 320; AIR 1995 SC 2121
**Judgment:** 1995-07-12 (1995, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1979-11-12 (1979)
**Place:** Durg, Chhattisgarh; city town: Pulgaon; police station or unit: Pulgaon Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge), Pulgaon Police Station, Durg (1 in record)
**Victims:** Pulgaon man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court confirmed the conviction of Sub-Inspector, officer-in-charge of Pulgaon police station, for obtaining illegal gratification of Rs.500 from complainant \[name withheld\], who had come to report his wife's disappearance and was detained until he paid. The Court held that both the trial court and the High Court had rightly found the case proved beyond reasonable doubt through corroborated trap evidence. It reduced the one year's rigorous imprisonment to the period already undergone but maintained the Rs.1,000 fine with the default clause. The trial court's acquittal under Section 161 IPC was left undisturbed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Applying the above ratio to the facts of this case we hold that both the courts have rightly held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/907234/)
**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
**display title redacted:** Pulgaon Police Sub-Inspector (Officer-in-charge) v. State of Madhya Pradesh
**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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['sections'\]}
**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': '1995 SCC (5) 320; AIR 1995 SC 2121', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1995-07-12', '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': '1995 SCC (5) 320; AIR 1995 SC 2121', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/907234/', '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 text verified; police SI conviction under PC Act 1947 confirmed, sentence cut to undergone.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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