# Konanur Police personnel vs State of Karnataka

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 July 2012 in Criminal Appeal No. 1323 of 2007, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. K. Patnaik, Madan B. Lokur, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Police personnel, Konanur Police Station, Hassan district.

- Register number: KA 13 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 1323 of 2007 / (2012) 8 SCC 527
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. K. Patnaik, Madan B. Lokur, JJ.), 31 July 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Konanur Police Station, Hassan district
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is while undertaking this exercise that we find from the evidence of the witnesses that there was sufficient evidence of \[name withheld\] demanding illegal gratification from a Konanur man and receiving and accepting it when given by him.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.25 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/158264225/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2012-0032)

**Record:** CW-2012-0032 (compiler id CWC-0908); case GAP2-58-001
**Title:** Konanur Police personnel vs State of Karnataka
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: A. K. Patnaik; Madan B. Lokur
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 1323 of 2007 / (2012) 8 SCC 527
**Judgment:** 2012-07-31 (2012, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-06-28 (1993)
**Place:** Hassan, Karnataka; city town: Konanur; police station or unit: Konanur Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Konanur Police Station, Hassan district (1 in record)
**Victims:** Konanur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.25 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Supreme Court of India records the following account. \[name withheld\], a police officer at Konanur Police Station (Hassan), allegedly demanded illegal gratification from villager a Konanur man to file a charge-sheet on a June 1993 boundary-dispute complaint; the Lokayukta laid a phenolphthalein trap on 28 June 1993 and the hand wash confirmed receipt of tainted notes. The trial court acquitted him on a vengeance-defence theory and minor discrepancies, but the Karnataka High Court reversed the acquittal and convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the PC Act with 3 months RI and a Rs 20,000 fine. The Supreme Court held demand and acceptance proved by the complainant and two independent trap witnesses and dismissed the appeal, while leaving the below-minimum sentence undisturbed since the State had not appealed it.

> It is while undertaking this exercise that we find from the evidence of the witnesses that there was sufficient evidence of \[name withheld\] demanding illegal gratification from a Konanur man and receiving and accepting it when given by him.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158264225/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/667533/syed-ahmed-appellant-hash-state-of-karnataka-respondent/); [api.sci.gov.in](https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/judis/39438.pdf)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Konanur Police personnel vs State of Karnataka
**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': \[\]}
**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': '(2012) 8 SCC 527', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2012-07-31', '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': '(2012) 8 SCC 527', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/158264225/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/667533/syed-ahmed-appellant-hash-state-of-karnataka-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://api.sci.gov.in/jonew/judis/39438.pdf', '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:** SC judgment verified on Indian Kanoon; PC Act bribery conviction of police officer upheld, appeal dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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