# State v. Rahata Police Constable and Anr.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 December 1958 in State appeal against acquittal in Corruption Case No. 1 of 1958 (Special Judge, Ahmednagar), the Bombay High Court (Coram: Shah, J., J.) recorded the conviction of the Constable, Rahata, Ahmednagar district.

- Register number: MH 16 CW 0001
- Case reference: State appeal against acquittal in Corruption Case No. 1 of 1958 (Special Judge, Ahmednagar) / AIR 1959 Bom 543; (1959) 61 BomLR 837; 1959 CriLJ 1421
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: Shah, J., J.), 4 December 1958
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Rahata, Ahmednagar district
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 165A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “We also convict the second accused for the offence under Section 165A of the Indian Penal Code and sentence him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months.” (at para 21)
- 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/625705/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1958-0004)

**Record:** CW-1958-0004 (compiler id CWC-1133); case GAP3-19-007
**Title:** State v. Rahata Police Constable and Anr.
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: Shah, J.
**Case number / citation:** State appeal against acquittal in Corruption Case No. 1 of 1958 (Special Judge, Ahmednagar) / AIR 1959 Bom 543; (1959) 61 BomLR 837; 1959 CriLJ 1421
**Judgment:** 1958-12-04 (1958, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1957-09-30 (1957)
**Place:** Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra (district at time: Ahmednagar); city town: Rahata; police station or unit: Rahata; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 161; IPC 165A
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Rahata, Ahmednagar district (1 in record)
**Victims:** Rahata man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 0.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Bombay High Court allowed the State appeal against acquittal and reversed the Special Judge's acquittals in a bribery case where constable of Rahata acted as conduit for a Rs. 400 bribe demand on behalf of his father-in-law, the Special Executive Magistrate. The court held the Special Judge failed to examine the proved facts in the context of the statutory presumption and convicted the constable under s.165A IPC (6 months rigorous imprisonment) and the Magistrate under s.161 IPC (9 months RI plus Rs. 500 fine). It issued warrants for the arrest of both accused. The bribe was demanded at the Korhale fair on 30 September 1957 for an acquittal in chapter proceedings against a Rahata man Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> We also convict the second accused for the offence under Section 165A of the Indian Penal Code and sentence him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for six months.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/625705/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**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:** 21
**display title redacted:** State v. Rahata Police Constable and Anr.
**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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '1958-12-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'AIR 1959 Bom 543; (1959) 61 BomLR 837; 1959 CriLJ 1421', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/625705/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**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:** HC reversed acquittal; convicted constable u/s 165A IPC.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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