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 "display_title": "Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol v. State of Gujarat",
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 "case_title": "Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol v. State of Gujarat",
 "case_number": "R/Criminal Revision Application No. 424 of 2011",
 "citation": "2025:GUJHC:57972",
 "judges": [
  "R.T. Vachhani"
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 "judgment_date": "2025-10-01",
 "date_precision": "day",
 "judgment_year": 2025,
 "incident_date": "2003-12-14",
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 "category": "Other",
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 "outcome_type": "conviction_upheld",
 "sections": [
  "Bombay Prohibition Act 1949 s.66(1)(b)"
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   "name": "Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol",
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 "primary_source_url": "https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-intoxication-duty-public-trust-integrity-conviction-police-constable-305912",
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  "https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/gujarat-high-court/mahendrasinh-balusinh-raol-v-state-of-gujarat-2025gujhc57972-intoxicated-on-duty-integrity-police-personnel-constable-conviction-1593558",
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 "summary": "Police constable Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol was found intoxicated while on point duty at Pirana Toll Naka, Ahmedabad, on 14 December 2003, with blood alcohol of 0.0945% w/v against the 0.05% limit. A Metropolitan Magistrate convicted him under Section 66(1)(b) of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (three months' simple imprisonment and Rs.500 fine) in February 2010, and the Sessions Court dismissed his appeal in 2011. The Gujarat High Court held the FSL chain and Blood Test Rules complied with and that the acquittal under Section 85(1)(3) did not affect the Section 66(1)(b) conviction. Dismissing the revision, the Court held on-duty intoxication by a policeman a grave misconduct, refused probation or sentence reduction, and ordered surrender within two weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "Police constable Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol was found intoxicated while on point duty at Pirana Toll Naka, Ahmedabad, on 14 December 2003, with blood alcohol of 0.0945% w/v against the 0.05% limit. A Metropolitan Magistrate convicted him under Section 66(1)(b) of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (three months' simple imprisonment and Rs.500 fine) in February 2010, and the Sessions Court dismissed his appeal in 2011. The Gujarat High Court held the FSL chain and Blood Test Rules complied with and that the acquittal under Section 85(1)(3) did not affect the Section 66(1)(b) conviction. Dismissing the revision, the Court held on-duty intoxication by a policeman a grave misconduct, refused probation or sentence reduction, and ordered surrender within two weeks.",
 "court_quote": "Police officers enjoy certain protections; however, they are not above the law. Being found intoxicated while on duty, undermines the integrity and efficiency of police personnel and, otherwise damages and erodes public trust in law enforcement agencies.",
 "court_quote_para": "7",
 "confidence": "high",
 "verdict": "accept",
 "verdict_note": "Gujarat HC dismissed revision, upheld constable's Prohibition Act conviction for on-duty intoxication.",
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 "verification_badge": "V2 · Externally reported",
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   "primary": true,
   "position": "Material fact supported",
   "position_explainer": "Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.",
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   "recheck": "Not yet re-checked."
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