2 Dec 1955
Order issued
ConcludedThe Bombay High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (1956) 58 BomLR 355
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CW-1955-0001Satara, MaharashtraJudgment 2 December 1955
The State v. Satara Police Police Patil
The judgment of the Bombay High Court records the following account. Police Patil Shamrao Patil demanded and received Rs.25 for issuing a solvency certificate for use in criminal proceedings. The Special Judge, North Satara, accepted the payment was proved but acquitted on the ground that issuing the certificate was no part of a Police Patil's duty and hence no official act. The High Court held an official act under IPC s.161 need only be done in official capacity, not be an obligatory duty, and issuing the certificate as Patil qualified. It allowed the State appeal, convicted the accused under s.161 IPC, and sentenced him to six months' rigorous imprisonment with an arrest warrant.
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By judgment dated 2 December 1955 in Criminal Appeal No. 1164 of 1955, the Bombay High Court (Coram: Vyas, Shah, JJ.) recorded the conviction of the Police Patil, North Satara.
- Register number
- MH 11 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 1164 of 1955 / (1956) 58 BomLR 355
- Court and date
- Bombay High Court (Coram: Vyas, Shah, JJ.), 2 December 1955
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Patil, North Satara
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “Having regard to the evidence, we convict the accused of an offence under s. 161 of the Indian Penal Code and direct that the accused do suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months.” (at para 4)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 0.5 years.
- 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 Bombay High Court judgment dated 2 December 1955 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
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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.
“Having regard to the evidence, we convict the accused of an offence under s. 161 of the Indian Penal Code and direct that the accused do suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months.” (para 4)
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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.
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