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Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: AIR 1959 SC 843
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CW-1959-0001Barnala, PunjabJudgment 21 April 1959
Ranjit Singh v. The State of Punjab
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of SHO Ranjit Singh of Shehna under Section 193 IPC for filing a false affidavit denying the illegal detention of a Shehna man, who had been kept in the lock-up from 26.09.1953 to 10.10.1953 without charge or remand and then surreptitiously shifted across stations. The Court held a policeman swearing a false return to a habeas corpus petition is liable for false evidence, rejecting pleas that he was not bound to file it. The modified sentence of three months' simple imprisonment plus Rs.50 fine was sustained. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 21 April 1959 in Criminal Appeal No. 19 of 1957, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: J.L. Kapur, Syed Jaffer Imam, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of the Ranjit Singh (Sub-Inspector, Station House Officer).
- Register number
- PB 19 CW 0001
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal No. 19 of 1957 / AIR 1959 SC 843
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: J.L. Kapur, Syed Jaffer Imam, JJ.), 21 April 1959
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Ranjit Singh (Sub-Inspector, Station House Officer)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 193 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In our opinion the appellant has been rightly convicted and we would therefore dismiss this appeal.” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.25 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 Supreme Court of India judgment dated 21 April 1959 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
OtherPrimary
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.
“In our opinion the appellant has been rightly convicted and we would therefore dismiss this appeal.” (para n/a)
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Institutional response
21 Apr 1959
Order issued
ConcludedThe Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: AIR 1959 SC 843
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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.