State v. Punjab Police Head Constable
Per the Supreme Court order, HC of Punjab Police was convicted on 29-03-2010 by the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Faridkot under s.420 IPC (with his wife [name withheld], a private co-accused — no row for her) for extracting Rs 70,000 from informant [name withheld] on the false promise of arranging a police job for him (deal Rs 1,40,000; Rs 50,000 paid 22-09-2002 at his quarter in his wife's presence who counted it, balance Rs 20,000 collected later; FIR No.22 dated 02-06-2004), and was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with Rs 2,000 fine. Appeal (Crl.A. No.75 of 14-10-2005) dismissed 30-09-2011 by the ASJ Faridkot; revision (CRR No.2576 of 2011) rejected 28-11-2011 by the High Court; the Supreme Court on 26-11-2012 dismissed the husband's SLP (notice only on the wife's sentence); appeal_status upheld.
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 29 March 2010, the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Faridkot convicted the Head Constable, Punjab Police.
- Register number
- PB 04 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Criminal Case No.543 dated 14-10-2005, FIR No.22 dated 02-06-2004; appeal Crl.A. No.75/2005; CRR No.2576/2011; SC Crl.A. No.1961/2012
- Court and date
- The Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Faridkot, 29 March 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, Punjab Police
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Both the accused were tried by Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Faridkot, who, by his judgment and order dated March 29, 2010, convicted and sentenced the accused, as noted above.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 2 years imprisonment
- 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.
Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Faridkot convicted the accused police personnel on 29 March 2010. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 2 years imprisonment
Sections: IPC 420
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text