# In Re: Superintendent of Police and Others (Sasaram court incident dated 19.01.2002)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 March 2003 in C.W.J.C. No. 1220 of 2002, the Patna High Court (Coram: S. N. Jha, Narayan Roy, R. S. Garg, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 4 police personnel, namely: Sub-Inspector, Rohtas Police, Bihar; Sub-Inspector, Rohtas Police, Bihar; Sub-Inspector, Bikramganj Police Station, Rohtas; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sasaram, Rohtas.

- Register number: BR 24 CW 0002
- Case reference: C.W.J.C. No. 1220 of 2002 / (2003) 03 PAT CK 0015
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: S. N. Jha, Narayan Roy, R. S. Garg, JJ.), 5 March 2003
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Rohtas Police, Bihar; Sub-Inspector, Rohtas Police, Bihar; Sub-Inspector, Bikramganj Police Station, Rohtas; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sasaram, Rohtas
- 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; Section 349 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Finding of the Court (extract): “I would accordingly hold that SI \[name withheld\] too guilty of contempt.” (at para 27)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.167 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/735793/in-re-superintendent-of-police-and-others/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2003-0014)

**Record:** CW-2003-0014 (compiler id CWC-0872); case GAP2-45-002
**Title:** In Re: Superintendent of Police and Others (Sasaram court incident dated 19.01.2002)
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: S. N. Jha; Narayan Roy; R. S. Garg
**Case number / citation:** C.W.J.C. No. 1220 of 2002 / (2003) 03 PAT CK 0015
**Judgment:** 2003-03-05 (2003, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-01-19 (2002)
**Place:** Rohtas, Bihar; city town: Sasaram; police station or unit: Bikramganj Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** Contempt of Courts Act 1971 s.2(c); Contempt of Courts Act 1971 s.12; CrPC s.349
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Rohtas Police, Bihar; Sub-Inspector, Rohtas Police, Bihar; Sub-Inspector, Bikramganj Police Station, Rohtas; Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sasaram, Rohtas (4 in record)
**Victims:** Sasaram man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.167 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. Delete tore-the-uniform-of-a Sasaram man clause. Correct final sentence to: Twelve other officers were exonerated (para 34) along with the SP (paras 16-19). Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> I would accordingly hold that SI \[name withheld\] too guilty of contempt.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/735793/in-re-superintendent-of-police-and-others/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 27
**display title redacted:** In Re: Superintendent of Police and Others (Sasaram court incident dated 19.01.2002)
**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': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2003-03-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2003) 03 PAT CK 0015', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/735793/in-re-superintendent-of-police-and-others/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Patna HC convicted 4 Rohtas police officers of criminal contempt for mob attack on Sasaram court; 3 SIs jailed 2 months, DySP fined.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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