# Baldev Singh vs State of Punjab with \[name withheld\] vs State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 September 2013 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1303 and 1380 of 2005, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. K. Patnaik, Gyan Sudha Misra, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Baldev Singh (Deputy Superintendent of Police); Constable, Punjab Police.

- Register number: PB 02 CW 0009
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 1303 and 1380 of 2005 / (2014) 12 SCC 473
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: A. K. Patnaik, Gyan Sudha Misra, JJ.), 20 September 2013
- Officer(s) at the material time: Baldev Singh (Deputy Superintendent of Police); Constable, Punjab Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 364 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 452 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We, therefore, set aside the conviction of the two Appellants u/s 302 read with Section 120B, Indian Penal Code but maintain the conviction of the Appellants under Sections 364 and 452, Indian Penal Code.” (at para 28)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 35 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/127827057/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2013-0013)

**Record:** CW-2013-0013 (compiler id CWC-0342); case NORTH-001
**Title:** Baldev Singh vs State of Punjab with \[name withheld\] vs State of Punjab
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: A. K. Patnaik; Gyan Sudha Misra
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 1303 and 1380 of 2005 / (2014) 12 SCC 473
**Judgment:** 2013-09-20 (2013, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-10-29 (1991)
**Place:** Amritsar, Punjab; city town: Bagga; police station or unit: Police Station Kathunangal; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** enforced disappearance
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 364; IPC 452
**Officers (gated display forms):** Baldev Singh (Deputy Superintendent of Police); Constable, Punjab Police (2 in record)
**Victims:** Bagga man; Bagga man; Bagga man; Bagga man; Bagga man; Bagga man; Bagga man (7 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 35 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court (Justices A. K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra) upheld the abduction convictions of a Punjab DSP and a constable for the 29 October 1991 Bagga abductions of seven men, affirming the trial court's 1998 verdict and the High Court's 2005 dismissal of their appeal. The Court held the abductions proved by the complainant's testimony with corroboration, explaining the FIR delay by threats, but set aside the murder conspiracy convictions for want of last-seen-in-custody evidence under s.106 Evidence Act. Treating each victim as a separate s.364 offence, it ordered five years' RI for each of the seven abductions to run consecutively (35 years) plus fines, with the s.452 term maintained. This criminal trial was the sequel to the Inder Singh habeas compensation order. The judgment names two different men called \[name withheld\]: the appellant-constable convicted in this case and a co-accused of the same name acquitted by the trial court; only the appellant-constable is the convicted officer in this record. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We, therefore, set aside the conviction of the two Appellants u/s 302 read with Section 120B, Indian Penal Code but maintain the conviction of the Appellants under Sections 364 and 452, Indian Penal Code.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/127827057/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af40e4b0149711415f23); [orderlaw-bphmhzeseagsd2ce.z03.azurefd.net](https://orderlaw-bphmhzeseagsd2ce.z03.azurefd.net/cms-cnr-data/supreme_court_data/pdf_files/jonew/judis/40798.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** enforced_disappearance
**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:** 28
**display title redacted:** Baldev Singh vs State of Punjab with \[name withheld\] 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': \['court_quote'\]}
**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': '(2014) 12 SCC 473', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2013-09-20', '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': '(2014) 12 SCC 473', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/127827057/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5609af40e4b0149711415f23', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://orderlaw-bphmhzeseagsd2ce.z03.azurefd.net/cms-cnr-data/supreme_court_data/pdf_files/jonew/judis/40798.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** enforced disappearance
**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 maintained s.364/s.452 convictions (7 consecutive terms); murder convictions set aside.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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