CW-2009-0022Gurugram, HaryanaJudgment 1 April 2009

Palam Vihar Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs The State of Haryana

The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the appeal of ASI, Incharge of Police Post Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, who had demanded Rs.10,000 from civil contractor [name withheld] to delete his name from a case and release his seized Maruti van, beating him when he resisted. The Special Judge, Gurgaon had convicted him under s.13(1)(d)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and sentenced him to two years rigorous imprisonment with a Rs.1,000 fine. The High Court held demand and acceptance of gratification proved, rejected challenges to delay, witnesses and sanction, and upheld the conviction and sentence while converting the conviction to s.13(2). The appellant's bail bonds were cancelled. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 1 April 2009 in Criminal Appeal No.222-SB of 1995, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Sham Sunder, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post Palam Vihar, Gurgaon.

Register number
HR 26 CW 0002
Case reference
Criminal Appeal No.222-SB of 1995
Court and date
Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Sham Sunder, J.), 1 April 2009
Officer(s) at the material time
Assistant Sub-Inspector, Police Post Palam Vihar, Gurgaon
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 13(1)(d)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Finding of the Court (extract)
“The judgment of conviction and the order of sentence, rendered by the trial Court, with the aforesaid conversion, are upheld.” (at para 18)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 2 years.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment dated 1 April 2009 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

1
OtherPrimary
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.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“The judgment of conviction and the order of sentence, rendered by the trial Court, with the aforesaid conversion, are upheld.” (para 18)

Institutional response

2
Date not established

Conviction

Concluded
Trial court (as recorded in the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment) External · Binding

The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment.

Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: Criminal Appeal No.222-SB of 1995
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1 Apr 2009

Order issued

Concluded
Punjab and Haryana High Court External · Binding

The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.

Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: Criminal Appeal No.222-SB of 1995
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Follow-up history

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19 Sep 2026

(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))

Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.

Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.

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