# Punjab Police Head Constable & Another vs State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 28 November 2011 in Criminal Revision No.2576 of 2011 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ranjit Singh, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Head Constable, Punjab Police (PAP Jalandhar circle).

- Register number: PB 04 CW 0003
- Case reference: Criminal Revision No.2576 of 2011 (O&M)
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Ranjit Singh, J.), 28 November 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Punjab Police (PAP Jalandhar circle)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “There is positive evidence which has been rightly appreciated and conviction recorded.” (at para n/a)
- 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153315385/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0044)

**Record:** CW-2011-0044 (compiler id CWC-1069); case GAP3-112-004
**Title:** Punjab Police Head Constable & Another vs State of Punjab
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Ranjit Singh
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Revision No.2576 of 2011 (O&M)
**Judgment:** 2011-11-28 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-09-22 (2002)
**Place:** Faridkot, Punjab; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 420
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Punjab Police (PAP Jalandhar circle) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Faridkot man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 2 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court rejected the criminal revision of Head Constable of the Punjab Police and his wife \[name withheld\], upholding their conviction under s.420 IPC for extracting Rs.70,000 from job-seeker a Faridkot man on the false promise of arranging a police constable post. Rs.50,000 was paid at the accused's police quarter in Jalandhar and Rs.20,000 later at Sadiq, but neither employment nor refund followed. The Court held the evidence was rightly appreciated by the courts below and that non-examination of the go-between was immaterial. The sentence of two years imprisonment with a Rs.2,000 fine each, imposed by the Judicial Magistrate Faridkot and affirmed on appeal, was left unmodified.

> There is positive evidence which has been rightly appreciated and conviction recorded.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153315385/); [legalauthority.in](https://www.legalauthority.in/judgement/jasvir-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-6851)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Punjab Police Head Constable & Another vs State of Punjab
**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 Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Revision No.2576 of 2011 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2011-11-28', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Punjab and Haryana High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Criminal Revision No.2576 of 2011 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153315385/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.legalauthority.in/judgement/jasvir-kaur-vs-state-of-punjab-6851', '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:** HC rejected revision against s.420 IPC conviction of Head Constable in constable-job scam; SC order corroborates rank and sentence.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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