# Government Railway Police Superintendent of Police vs State of Haryana and Another

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## Report card

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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/504950/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0012)

**Record:** CW-1999-0012 (compiler id CWC-1109); case GAP3-127-018
**Title:** Government Railway Police Superintendent of Police vs State of Haryana and Another
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Dr. A. S. Anand; S. Rajendra Babu; R. C. Lahoti
**Case number / citation:** Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 353 of 1997 / AIR 2000 SC 168; 1999 Supp(4) SCR 160
**Judgment:** 1999-10-27 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-11-02 (1993)
**Place:** Faridabad, Haryana; city town: Faridabad; police station or unit: Government Railway Police, Haryana; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** false implication fabrication
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 193; Constitution Art 129; CrPC 195; CrPC 340
**Officers (gated display forms):** Superintendent of Police, Government Railway Police, Haryana (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 0.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

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.

> 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 stage, consider it expedient to direct the filing of a complaint in the competent court as envisaged by Section 340 Cr.P.C. because the petitioner has already undergone the sentence imposed upon him for an offence under Section 193 IPC although set aside now by this order and we are upholding his conviction and sentence imposed under Article 129 of the Constitution of India for committing contempt of court.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/504950/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** false_implication_fabrication
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Government Railway Police Superintendent of Police vs State of Haryana and Another
**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': \[\]}
**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': 'AIR 2000 SC 168; 1999 Supp(4) SCR 160', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1999-10-27', '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': 'AIR 2000 SC 168; 1999 Supp(4) SCR 160', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/504950/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** false implication fabrication
**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:** s.193 IPC conviction recalled for want of Ss.195/340 CrPC procedure; Art 129 contempt conviction and 6-month sentence expressly upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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