# Hanumangarh Police Head Constable and others vs State of Punjab

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 November 2017 in CRR No. 2295 of 2016 (O&M), the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Kuldip Singh, J.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party); Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party); Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party).

- Register number: PB 13 CW 0003
- Case reference: CRR No. 2295 of 2016 (O&M)
- Court and date: Punjab and Haryana High Court (Coram: Kuldip Singh, J.), 21 November 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party); Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party); Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 223 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “while maintaining the conviction of present revisionists under Section 223 IPC, the sentence passed upon them is hereby set aside and they are ordered to be released on probation under Section 5 (1) of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld.
- 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/157950061/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0036)

**Record:** CW-2017-0036 (compiler id CWC-1073); case GAP3-114-002
**Title:** Hanumangarh Police Head Constable and others vs State of Punjab
**Court:** Punjab and Haryana High Court; judges: Kuldip Singh
**Case number / citation:** CRR No. 2295 of 2016 (O&M)
**Judgment:** 2017-11-21 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2011-07-07 (2011)
**Place:** Sangrur, Punjab; city town: Hanumangarh; police station or unit: Sangrur police escort party; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 223
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party); Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party); Head Constable, Sangrur police (escort party) (3 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

On 6 July 2011 custody of undertrial Harnam Singh was handed to three Sangrur Head Constables for production before the Special Court at Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, and he escaped from their custody on 7 July 2011. The Judicial Magistrate First Class, Sangrur convicted all three under Section 223 IPC (one year simple imprisonment plus Rs 1,000 fine), and the Additional Sessions Judge affirmed on 3 June 2016. The High Court found no illegality in the concurrent findings, upheld jurisdiction at Sangrur and held no sanction was needed, noting the circumstances within the accused special knowledge went unexplained. Maintaining the conviction, the court set aside the substantive sentence and released the three on probation for one year on Rs 25,000 bonds, with Section 12 protection so the conviction is no disqualification. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> while maintaining the conviction of present revisionists under Section 223 IPC, the sentence passed upon them is hereby set aside and they are ordered to be released on probation under Section 5 (1) of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157950061/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** Hanumangarh Police Head Constable and others 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': 'CRR No. 2295 of 2016 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2017-11-21', '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': 'CRR No. 2295 of 2016 (O&M)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/157950061/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 maintained S.223 IPC conviction of three escort Head Constables; custodial sentence replaced with probation.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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