# Balbir Singh vs State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 8 April 2015 in CRA No. S-285-SB of 2004, the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Darshan Singh, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Balbir Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector).

- Register number: PB 07 CW 0003
- Case reference: CRA No. S-285-SB of 2004
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Darshan Singh, J.), 8 April 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time: Balbir Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “I do not find any legal infirmity or impropriety in the conviction and sentence of the appellant as recorded by the learned trial Court. The same is hereby maintained and affirmed.” (at para 41)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- 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/30863919/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2015-0006)

**Record:** CW-2015-0006 (compiler id CWC-0314); case PUNJAB-018
**Title:** Balbir Singh vs State of Punjab
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Darshan Singh
**Case number / citation:** CRA No. S-285-SB of 2004
**Judgment:** 2015-04-08 (2015, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-05-02 (2002)
**Place:** Hoshiarpur, Punjab; city town: Mahilpur; police station or unit: Police Station Mahilpur; 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(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Balbir Singh (Assistant Sub-Inspector) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Mahilpur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld the bribery conviction of ASI Balbir Singh, who as investigating officer of FIR 23/2002 demanded Rs 5,000 from complainant \[name withheld\] for joining investigation after anticipatory bail, settling for Rs 3,000 at his official quarter on 2 May 2002. A Vigilance Bureau trap with phenolphthalein-treated notes and a shadow witness caught him accepting the money. The Court rejected defences of false implication and sanction invalidity and affirmed one year's rigorous imprisonment with a Rs 5,000 fine. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> I do not find any legal infirmity or impropriety in the conviction and sentence of the appellant as recorded by the learned trial Court. The same is hereby maintained and affirmed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/30863919/)
**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:** 41
**display title redacted:** Balbir Singh 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': 'holds', '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': 'CRA No. S-285-SB of 2004', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2015-04-08', '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': 'CRA No. S-285-SB of 2004', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/30863919/', '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:** P&H HC dismissed the appeal and affirmed the ASI's PC Act conviction and 1-year sentence; matches conviction_upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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