# Bausi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Bihar

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## Report card

By judgment dated 7 March 2014 in Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 347 of 1993, the Patna High Court (Coram: Dharnidhar Jha, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bausi Police Station.

- Register number: BR 51 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 347 of 1993
- Court and date: Patna High Court (Coram: Dharnidhar Jha, J.), 7 March 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bausi Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The witnesses who have come forward have stated to the fact that the demand of bribe were made and the same was paid and accepted. The offence under Section 5 (1) (d), that is, of criminal misconduct on account of …” (at para 18)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1.5 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/112755403/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2014-0021)

**Record:** CW-2014-0021 (compiler id CWC-0877); case GAP2-47-001
**Title:** Bausi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Bihar
**Court:** Patna High Court; judges: Dharnidhar Jha
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 347 of 1993
**Judgment:** 2014-03-07 (2014, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1978-07-07 (1978)
**Place:** Banka, Bihar (district at time: Bhagalpur); city town: Bausi; police station or unit: Bausi Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bausi Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bausi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. ASI, investigating a theft case at Bausi police station, demanded Rs. 200 from the accused to file a final report in his favour, and was caught in a vigilance trap with the marked notes. The Special Judge (Vigilance) convicted him under section 161 IPC and section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947, sentencing him to 1.5 years' rigorous imprisonment plus Rs. 1,000 fine on each count. The Patna High Court held the demand and acceptance proved through trap witnesses, rejected attacks on the non-examination of the deceased complainant, and dismissed the appeal without reducing the sentence.

> The witnesses who have come forward have stated to the fact that the demand of bribe were made and the same was paid and accepted. The offence under Section 5 (1) (d), that is, of criminal misconduct on account of abusing the official position which was held by the appellant in obtaining the pecuniary advantage in the sum of Rs.200/- appears clearly established from the facts and in that view of the matter I do not find any reason to interfere with the findings of guilty.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/112755403/)
**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:** 18
**display title redacted:** Bausi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector vs State of Bihar
**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 Patna High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Patna High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 347 of 1993', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2014-03-07', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Patna High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Patna High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 347 of 1993', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/112755403/', '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:** ASI's Rs.200 bribe-trap conviction (1.5 years RI + fine) sustained on appeal.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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