Criminal Appeal No.2434-SB of 2007 (conviction by Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, 27.11.2007; complaint of Fatehgarh Sahib Man re arms-licence verification)
The Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, on 27.11.2007 convicted ASI, In-charge of Police Post Peer Jain, for demanding Rs 3,000 from complainant [name withheld] to clear the character-verification papers for his double-barrelled-gun licence application, in a trap laid after the complainant reported the demand. He was sentenced to 2 years' RI with fine under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the PC Act (concurrent). The Punjab and Haryana High Court ([name withheld], 04.09.2009) held the appeal devoid of merit, dismissed it, and left the conviction and sentence intact.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 27 November 2007, the Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib convicted the Assistant Sub-Inspector (In-charge, Police Post Peer Jain), Punjab Police (under Senior Superintendent of Police, Fatehgarh Sahib).
- Register number
- PB 23 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No.2434-SB of 2007 (P&H HC) re: judgment dated 27.11.2007, Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib; complaint of a Fatehgarh Sahib man re arms-licence verification
- Court and date
- The Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, 27 November 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Assistant Sub-Inspector (In-charge, Police Post Peer Jain), Punjab Police (under Senior Superintendent of Police, Fatehgarh Sahib)
- 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)
- “This appeal is directed against the judgment/ order of sentence dated 27.11.2007 passed by the Court of learned Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib, whereby he convicted and sentenced Gucharan Singh accused to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years and to pay …”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Rigorous imprisonment 2 years under each section (concurrent)
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special Judge, Fatehgarh Sahib convicted the accused police personnel on 27 November 2007. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Rigorous imprisonment 2 years under each section (concurrent)
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text