# Rampur Police Police Jamadar v. The State of Kutch

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## Report card

By judgment dated 5 March 1954 in Criminal Appeal by Special Leave, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: B. Jagannadhadas, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Jamadar, Local Investigation Branch, Mandvi, Kutch.

- Register number: GJ 12 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal by Special Leave / AIR 1954 SC 700
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: B. Jagannadhadas, J.), 5 March 1954
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Jamadar, Local Investigation Branch, Mandvi, Kutch
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result, therefore, all the contentions raised before us by the learned counsel for the appellant fail and we see no reason to interfere either with the conviction or with the sentence. This appeal is accordingly dismissed.” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/471346/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1954-0001)

**Record:** CW-1954-0001 (compiler id CWC-0539); case SWEXTORT-002
**Title:** Rampur Police Police Jamadar v. The State of Kutch
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: B. Jagannadhadas
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal by Special Leave / AIR 1954 SC 700
**Judgment:** 1954-03-05 (1954, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1950-04-16 (1950)
**Place:** Kachchh, Gujarat (district at time: Kutch (then State of Kutch)); city town: Rampur; police station or unit: Local Investigation Branch, Mandvi; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** extortion
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 384
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Jamadar, Local Investigation Branch, Mandvi, Kutch (1 in record)
**Victims:** Rampur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court dismissed the special-leave appeal of Police \[name withheld\] of the Local Investigation Branch, Mandvi, upholding his conviction under Section 384 IPC. While checking passports at Rampur village on 16 April 1950, the Jamadar collected a Rampur man's passport and demanded Rs 800 for its return, which was paid on 18 April 1950. The Court held that the implied threat of prosecution and withholding of the passport constituted fear of injury for extortion. The sentence of twelve months' rigorous imprisonment and Rs 100 fine, confirmed by the Sessions Judge and the Judicial Commissioner of Kutch, stood affirmed. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the result, therefore, all the contentions raised before us by the learned counsel for the appellant fail and we see no reason to interfere either with the conviction or with the sentence. This appeal is accordingly dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/471346/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** extortion
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', '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.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 7
**display title redacted:** Rampur Police Police Jamadar v. The State of Kutch
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['officers'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIR 1954 SC 700', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1954-03-05', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'AIR 1954 SC 700', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/471346/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** extortion
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** Supreme Court dismissed special-leave appeal, upholding Police Jamadar's conviction and 12-month RI plus fine under IPC 384 for extorting Rs 800 for a passport's return.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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