# Railway Protection Force Sub-Inspector vs The State

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 February 1974 in Criminal Appeal No. 101 of 1971, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: K.D. Sharma, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Sub-Inspector, Railway Protection Force Post, Western Railway, Jaipur.

- Register number: RJ 14 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 101 of 1971 / (1974) WLN 324
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: K.D. Sharma, J.), 11 February 1974
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub-Inspector, Railway Protection Force Post, Western Railway, Jaipur
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The appeal, therefore, fails and is hereby dismissed. The appellant is on bail. He shall surrender to his bail bonds.” (at para 14)
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/216125/om-prakash-mathur-vs-the-state/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1974-0002)

**Record:** CW-1974-0002 (compiler id CWC-1079); case GAP3-118-003
**Title:** Railway Protection Force Sub-Inspector vs The State
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; judges: K.D. Sharma
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 101 of 1971 / (1974) WLN 324
**Judgment:** 1974-02-11 (1974, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1969-04-22 (1969)
**Place:** Jaipur, Rajasthan; city town: Jaipur; police station or unit: Railway Protection Force Post, Western Railway, Jaipur; force: railway
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d) r/w s.5(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub-Inspector, Railway Protection Force Post, Western Railway, Jaipur (1 in record)
**Victims:** Jaipur man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. RPF Sub-Inspector, in charge of the RPF post at Western Railway, Jaipur, demanded Rs 1,000 from shunter a Jaipur man — Rs 500 immediately — as the price for releasing him on bail in railway-property case Crime No. 9 of 1969 in April 1969. The Anti-Corruption Department laid a trap with marked currency, recovered the notes from the appellant's pocket, and the Special Judge, Jaipur convicted him under Section 161 IPC and Section 5(2) read with Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947, sentencing him to one year's rigorous imprisonment and a Rs 500 fine. The court found both charges proved beyond reasonable doubt, held the sentence was not severe with no mitigating circumstances, dismissed the appeal, cancelled his bail, and directed the District Magistrate, Jaipur to have him arrested to serve the sentence.

> The appeal, therefore, fails and is hereby dismissed. The appellant is on bail. He shall surrender to his bail bonds.

**Sources (1):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/216125/om-prakash-mathur-vs-the-state/)
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** Railway Protection Force Sub-Inspector vs The State
**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': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Rajasthan High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Rajasthan High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(1974) WLN 324', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1974-02-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(1974) WLN 324', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/216125/om-prakash-mathur-vs-the-state/', '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:** Judgment text verified; RPF Sub-Inspector's trap-case bribery conviction and 1-year sentence upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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