# Jath Police Police Head Constable vs State of Maharashtra

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## Report card

By judgment dated 17 December 1999 in Appeal against Special Case No. 3 of 1989 (Special Judge, Sangli), the Bombay High Court (Coram: S. S. Parkar, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Head Constable, Jath Police Station.

- Register number: MH 10 CW 0001
- Case reference: Appeal against Special Case No. 3 of 1989 (Special Judge, Sangli) / (2000) 102 Bom LR 560
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: S. S. Parkar, J.), 17 December 1999
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Head Constable, Jath Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 217 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result the appeal is partly allowed. The convictions of the appellant for offences under Sections 161 and 217 of Indian Penal Code in Special Case No. 3 of 1989 are confirmed.” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: 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/1442028/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1999-0014)

**Record:** CW-1999-0014 (compiler id CWC-0768); case GAP2-9-002
**Title:** Jath Police Police Head Constable vs State of Maharashtra
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: S. S. Parkar
**Case number / citation:** Appeal against Special Case No. 3 of 1989 (Special Judge, Sangli) / (2000) 102 Bom LR 560
**Judgment:** 1999-12-17 (1999, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1987-04-01 (1987)
**Place:** Sangli, Maharashtra; city town: Jath; police station or unit: Jath Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; IPC 217
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Head Constable, Jath Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (6 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** fine
**Sentence type:** fine (fine)

The Bombay High Court confirmed the conviction of Police Head Constable of Jath Police Station, Sangli, for demanding and accepting Rs 790 in illegal gratification from six vehicle owners to release seized vehicles without prosecution and for hushing up Motor Vehicles Act cases. The Court held the evidence of the vehicle owners, PW-2 Constable, the duty-book register and checking-report counterfoils proved the charges, and rejected the defences on investigation by an officer below DySP rank and unproved station-house duties. The Court set aside the one-year rigorous imprisonment on each count but enhanced the fine from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 on each count, with the default sentence retained. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the result the appeal is partly allowed. The convictions of the appellant for offences under Sections 161 and 217 of Indian Penal Code in Special Case No. 3 of 1989 are confirmed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1442028/)
**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
**court quote para:** 19
**display title redacted:** Jath Police Police Head Constable vs 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**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': '(2000) 102 Bom LR 560', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1999-12-17', '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': '(2000) 102 Bom LR 560', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1442028/', '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:** HC confirmed ss.161/217 IPC bribery convictions; sentence modified to enhanced fine.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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