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: AIR 2000 SC 168; 1999 Supp(4) SCR 160
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CW-1999-0012Faridabad, HaryanaJudgment 27 October 1999
Government Railway Police Superintendent of Police vs State of Haryana and Another
The Supreme Court partly allowed IPS officer 's Article 32 challenge to his 17 January 1996 conviction for fabricating records in the Afzal habeas corpus matter, while expressly upholding his contempt conviction. The Court held the Section 193 IPC conviction, imposed via show-cause notice, was without jurisdiction because the mandatory Sections 195/340 CrPC complaint procedure had been bypassed and Article 142 could not supplant it. It therefore recalled the Section 193 conviction but directed no fresh complaint since the sentence had already been undergone. The Court expressly upheld the Article 129 contempt conviction and six-month sentence, recording the petitioner's undertaking to claim no compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 27 October 1999 in Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 353 of 1997, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. S. Anand, S. Rajendra Babu, R. C. Lahoti, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Superintendent of Police, Government Railway Police, Haryana.
- Register number
- HR 29 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 353 of 1997 / AIR 2000 SC 168; 1999 Supp(4) SCR 160
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. S. Anand, S. Rajendra Babu, R. C. Lahoti, JJ.), 27 October 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Superintendent of Police, Government Railway Police, Haryana
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Article 129 of the Constitution of India; Section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “To perpetuate an error is no virtue but to correct it is a compulsion of judicial conscience. We, therefore, unhesitatingly set aside the conviction of the petitioner for the offence under Section 193 IPC. We also do not at this …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 0.5 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Supreme Court of India judgment dated 27 October 1999 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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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.
“To perpetuate an error is no virtue but to correct it is a compulsion of judicial conscience. We, therefore, unhesitatingly set aside the conviction of the petitioner for the offence under Section 193 IPC. We also do not at this …” (para n/a)
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Institutional response
27 Oct 1999
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: AIR 2000 SC 168; 1999 Supp(4) SCR 160
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
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Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.