# Bengaluru Police Head Constable vs The State of Karnataka

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 May 2025 in Criminal Appeal No. 1562/2021 (against Spl.C.C. No. 383/2018, Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru, 29.09.2021), the Karnataka High Court (Coram: H. P. Sandesh, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Head Constable, Bagalagunte Police Station, Bengaluru.

- Register number: KA 01 CW 0030
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 1562/2021 (against Spl.C.C. No. 383/2018, Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru, 29.09.2021)
- Court and date: Karnataka High Court (Coram: H. P. Sandesh, J.), 2 May 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Bagalagunte Police Station, Bengaluru
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act
- Finding of the Court (extract): “there is a material with regard to the demand and acceptance and the same is also spoken by P.W.2, P.W.4 and P.W.6” (at para 46)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 4 years.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47081662/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0031)

**Record:** CW-2025-0031 (compiler id CWC-0692); case GAP10-003
**Title:** Bengaluru Police Head Constable vs The State of Karnataka
**Court:** Karnataka High Court; judges: H. P. Sandesh
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 1562/2021 (against Spl.C.C. No. 383/2018, Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru, 29.09.2021)
**Judgment:** 2025-05-02 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2017-07-15 (2017)
**Place:** Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka; city town: Bengaluru; police station or unit: Bagalagunte Police Station, Bengaluru; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act s.8; PC Act s.13(1)(d) r/w 13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Bagalagunte Police Station, Bengaluru (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bengaluru resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 4 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The judgment of the Karnataka High Court records the following account. Head Constable of Bagalagunte Police Station demanded Rs.20,000, settled at Rs.10,000, from an accused in Crime No.238/2017 to compromise the matter, receiving Rs.1,000 on 30 June 2017. The complainant recorded the conversation and approached the ACB, which laid a trap on 15 July 2017 in which the accused pocketed marked notes and both hand washes turned pink. The Special Court convicted him in 2021, imposing 3 years RI with Rs.50,000 fine under Section 8 and 4 years RI with Rs.50,000 fine under Section 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the PC Act. Justice Sandesh dismissed the appeal, holding demand and acceptance proved through the complainant, panch and trap witnesses, call records and the FSL voice-comparison report, with minor discrepancies not shaking the prosecution case.

> there is a material with regard to the demand and acceptance and the same is also spoken by P.W.2, P.W.4 and P.W.6

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47081662/)
**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:** 46
**display title redacted:** Bengaluru Police Head Constable vs The 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Karnataka High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Karnataka High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 1562/2021 (against Spl.C.C. No. 383/2018, Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru, 29.09.2021)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2025-05-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Karnataka High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Karnataka 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 No. 1562/2021 (against Spl.C.C. No. 383/2018, Special Judge (PC Act), Bengaluru, 29.09.2021)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/47081662/', '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:** HC dismissed appeal; ACB-trap bribery conviction of head constable (3+4 years RI) confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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