Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2004) 5 SCC 26; AIR 2004 SC 2579
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CW-2004-0009Bhagalpur, BiharJudgment 13 April 2004
Bhagalpur Man and Others vs B.K. Pandey
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of nine Bihar police personnel convicted of criminal contempt for a pre-planned attack on the 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bhagalpur, in his courtroom and chambers on 18 November 1997. The Court held the assault, triggered by contempt proceedings against an IO who had repeatedly disobeyed court process, was proved against the appellants and rejected their pleas on cognizance, proof and natural justice. It sustained the Patna High Court's sentences of three months' simple imprisonment for ring leader Inspector and two months each for the other eight. The appellants on bail were ordered to surrender forthwith, with the DGP Bihar directed to secure compliance. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 13 April 2004 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 316-318, 332 and 396 of 1998, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: R. C. Lahoti, Ashok Bhan, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 9 police personnel, namely: Inspector, Kotwali Police Station, Bhagalpur; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Officer-in-charge, Harijan Police Station, Bhagalpur; Sergeant Major, Police Line, Bhagalpur.
- Register number
- BR 10 CW 0008
- Case reference
- Criminal Appeal Nos. 316-318, 332 and 396 of 1998 / (2004) 5 SCC 26; AIR 2004 SC 2579
- Court and date
- Supreme Court of India (Coram: R. C. Lahoti, Ashok Bhan, JJ.), 13 April 2004
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Inspector, Kotwali Police Station, Bhagalpur; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Assistant Sub-Inspector, Bhagalpur Police; Officer-in-charge, Harijan Police Station, Bhagalpur; Sergeant Major, Police Line, Bhagalpur
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The instant criminal appeals arising from a common judgment relating to the same incident, depict a rare, unfortunate and condemnable act of the police officials who contrary to the duty enjoined upon them to protect and maintain law and order, …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; 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 13 April 2004 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.
“The instant criminal appeals arising from a common judgment relating to the same incident, depict a rare, unfortunate and condemnable act of the police officials who contrary to the duty enjoined upon them to protect and maintain law and order, …” (para n/a)
Separate from verification
Institutional response
13 Apr 2004
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: (2004) 5 SCC 26; AIR 2004 SC 2579
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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.