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Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Patna High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: AIR 1955 Pat 317
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CW-1954-0003Seraikela-Kharsawan, JharkhandJudgment 12 August 1954
Kandra Police Assistant Sub-Inspector and others vs The State
The judgment of the Patna High Court records the following account. On 10 October 1952, the ASI and constable of Kandra outpost threatened about 28 villagers of Bikaneepur with prosecution over a witchcraft-related sacrifice and extracted illegal gratification at Rs.2/8 per head, settled after haggling down from Rs.500. The court believed the prosecution witnesses and held [name withheld] received illegal gratification from several persons, rejecting sanction and evidentiary objections. It dismissed [name withheld]'s appeal (1 year RI under Section 161 IPC) and dismissed Yasin Khan's appeal with his conviction altered to abetment under Section 161/109 IPC, maintaining his 6-month sentence.
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By judgment dated 12 August 1954 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 365 and 376 of 1953, the Patna High Court (Coram: Kamla Sahai, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Assistant Sub-Inspector, Kandra Police Outpost, Singhbhum; Constable, Kandra Police Outpost, Singhbhum.
- Register number
- JH 22 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal Nos. 365 and 376 of 1953 / AIR 1955 Pat 317
- Court and date
- Patna High Court (Coram: Kamla Sahai, J.), 12 August 1954
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Assistant Sub-Inspector, Kandra Police Outpost, Singhbhum; Constable, Kandra Police Outpost, Singhbhum
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 161/109 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The result is that Criminal Appeal No. 365 filed by appellant [name withheld] is dismissed and Criminal Appeal No. 376 filed by appellant Yasin Khan is dismissed with the modification that his conviction is altered to one u/s 161/109, Penal …” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; 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.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Patna High Court judgment dated 12 August 1954 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“The result is that Criminal Appeal No. 365 filed by appellant [name withheld] is dismissed and Criminal Appeal No. 376 filed by appellant Yasin Khan is dismissed with the modification that his conviction is altered to one u/s 161/109, Penal …” (para 13)
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Institutional response
12 Aug 1954
Order issued
ConcludedThe Patna High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: AIR 1955 Pat 317
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.