Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (1965)6 GLR 958
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CW-1965-0002Ahmedabad, GujaratJudgment 10 September 1965
Ahmedabad Police Police Sub-Inspector and others vs State of Gujarat
PSI and his writer constable of Navrangpura Police Station were convicted by the Special Judge, Ahmedabad in a February 1963 anti-corruption trap case for demanding and accepting a bribe, and sentenced to 2.5 years rigorous imprisonment and Rs.1,000 fine each. The High Court rejected their pleas on sanction, Bombay Police Act protection, and the credibility of trap witnesses, holding demand and acceptance proved. The court dismissed the appeals, holding the sentences adequate rather than harsh, and directed surrender to bail. The incident month (February 1963) is as stated in the judgment; HC appeal number is not stated in the available text.
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By judgment dated 10 September 1965, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Akbar S. Sarela, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Police Sub-Inspector, Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad; Writer Constable, Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad.
- Register number
- GJ 01 CW 0002
- Case reference
- (1965)6 GLR 958
- Court and date
- Gujarat High Court (Coram: Akbar S. Sarela, J.), 10 September 1965
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Sub-Inspector, Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad; Writer Constable, Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad
- 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; Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “If Police officers who are expected to enforce the laws of the land themselves commit breaches of those laws and in addition take bribes for commission of those breaches they must be adequately punished.” (at para 35)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 2.5 years.
- Present status of the proceedings
- No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
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Current position
The Gujarat High Court judgment dated 10 September 1965 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
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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.
“If Police officers who are expected to enforce the laws of the land themselves commit breaches of those laws and in addition take bribes for commission of those breaches they must be adequately punished.” (para 35)
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Institutional response
10 Sep 1965
Order issued
ConcludedThe Gujarat High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (1965)6 GLR 958
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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.