# Haryana Police Superintendent of Police vs State of Haryana and Others

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 May 1995 in Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 15 of 1994, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. S. Anand, Faizan Uddin, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Superintendent of Police, Hisar, Haryana Police; Additional Superintendent of Police, Hisar, Haryana Police; Inspector / Station House Officer, Police Station Sadar, Hisar, Haryana Police.

- Register number: HR 20 CW 0001
- Case reference: Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 15 of 1994 / AIR 1995 SC 1795; (1995) 3 SCC 214
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. S. Anand, Faizan Uddin, JJ.), 2 May 1995
- Officer(s) at the material time: Superintendent of Police, Hisar, Haryana Police; Additional Superintendent of Police, Hisar, Haryana Police; Inspector / Station House Officer, Police Station Sadar, Hisar, Haryana Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971; Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
- Finding of the Court (extract): “respondents 3 to 5 have, thus committed a grave contempt of this Court by not only interfering with the due course of justice but also making calculated and deliberate attempts to obstruct the administration of justice.” (at para 42)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by Supreme Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.25 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/1877695/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1995-0011)

**Record:** CW-1995-0011 (compiler id CWC-1101); case GAP3-127-009
**Title:** Haryana Police Superintendent of Police vs State of Haryana and Others
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Dr. A. S. Anand; Faizan Uddin
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 15 of 1994 / AIR 1995 SC 1795; (1995) 3 SCC 214
**Judgment:** 1995-05-02 (1995, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1994-01-15 (1994)
**Place:** Hisar, Haryana (district at time: Hissar); city town: Hisar; police station or unit: Police Station Sadar, Hisar; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by Supreme Court (conviction_by_sc)
**Sections:** Contempt of Courts Act 1971 s.2(c); Contempt of Courts Act 1971 s.12
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police, Hisar, Haryana Police; Additional Superintendent of Police, Hisar, Haryana Police; Inspector / Station House Officer, Police Station Sadar, Hisar, Haryana Police (3 in record)
**Victims:** Hisar man; Hisar man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.25 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court on 2 May 1995 convicted three Haryana Police officers — SP, Addl. SP and SHO of Sadar, Hissar — of criminal contempt in a habeas corpus case. The Court, acting on a CBI enquiry report, found that a Hisar man and taxi driver \[name withheld\] had been illegally detained at Hissar police station from 15 to 17 January 1994, that the officers filed false affidavits denying the detention, and that two of them tutored the driver to give false evidence while proceedings were pending. The Court rejected their apologies as not genuine, calling their conduct a calculated obstruction of justice. It sentenced the SP to two months' simple imprisonment and the other two to three months each with fines of Rs. 1,500, while dropping perjury proceedings and declining compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> respondents 3 to 5 have, thus committed a grave contempt of this Court by not only interfering with the due course of justice but also making calculated and deliberate attempts to obstruct the administration of justice.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1877695/); [advocatetanmoy.com](http://advocatetanmoy.com/dhananjay-sharma-vs-state-of-haryana-and-others-02-05-1995/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** 42
**display title redacted:** Haryana Police Superintendent of Police vs State of Haryana and Others
**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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1995-05-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIR 1995 SC 1795; (1995) 3 SCC 214', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1877695/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'http://advocatetanmoy.com/dhananjay-sharma-vs-state-of-haryana-and-others-02-05-1995/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 convicted Hissar SP, Addl SP and SHO of criminal contempt over illegal detention, false affidavits and tutoring a witness.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by Supreme Court.

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