# State of Rajasthan vs Rajgarh Police Head Constable

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 January 1980 in D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 769 of 1972 with S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 535 of 1972, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: P.D. Kudal, J.) affirmed the conviction of 3 police personnel, namely: Head Constable, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar; Station House Officer, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar; Constable, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar.

- Register number: RJ 02 CW 0001
- Case reference: D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 769 of 1972 with S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 535 of 1972 / 1980 WLN 17
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: P.D. Kudal, J.), 11 January 1980
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar; Station House Officer, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar; Constable, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 409 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “There is absolutely no merit in the appeal filed by \[name withheld\]. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.” (at para 15)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; 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/239746/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-1980-0003)

**Record:** CW-1980-0003 (compiler id CWC-0725); case GAP13-002
**Title:** State of Rajasthan vs Rajgarh Police Head Constable
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: P.D. Kudal
**Case number / citation:** D.B. Criminal Appeal No. 769 of 1972 with S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 535 of 1972 / 1980 WLN 17
**Judgment:** 1980-01-11 (1980, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1965-06-25 (1965)
**Place:** Alwar, Rajasthan; city town: Rajgarh; police station or unit: Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 409
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar; Station House Officer, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar; Constable, Rajgarh Police Station, Alwar (3 in record)
**Victims:** Rajgarh man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Rajasthan High Court records the following account. A Rajgarh man, wanted in a kidnapping case, was detained at Rajgarh police station from 25 June 1965; the SHO, head constable and constable took his cycle, Rs.200 and other articles without entering them in the arrest memo, and the SHO allegedly beat him on the night of 29-30 June to extort more money, leaving 17 contusions. The Special Judge convicted only Head Constable under Section 409 IPC and acquitted the other two. The Division Bench confirmed the 6 months rigorous imprisonment plus Rs.500 fine and ordered his surrender, dismissed the State appeal on conspiracy, hurt and corruption charges for want of evidence, and, the SHO having died, passed no verdict on the beating while deprecating third-degree methods.

> There is absolutely no merit in the appeal filed by \[name withheld\]. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/239746/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 15
**display title redacted:** State of Rajasthan vs Rajgarh Police Head Constable
**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': \['court_quote_para', 'officers'\]}
**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': '1980 WLN 17', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '1980-01-11', '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': '1980 WLN 17', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/239746/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** DB judgment verified; head constable s.409 conviction (6 months RI + fine) confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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