# Bhadaran Police Writer Constable vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 2 September 2005 in Criminal Appeal No. 53 of 1999, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Akshay H. Mehta, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Writer Constable, Bhadaran Police Station.

- Register number: GJ 23 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 53 of 1999
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Akshay H. Mehta, J.), 2 September 2005
- Officer(s) at the material time: Writer Constable, Bhadaran Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 285 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is the negligent and/or rash act of the appellant which has directly caused extensive fire resulting into the injuries to various persons, three persons out of these, succumbed to their injuries. This is criminal negligence and rashness on the …” (at para 4)
- 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/153732/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2005-0017)

**Record:** CW-2005-0017 (compiler id CWC-0799); case GAP2-22-002
**Title:** Bhadaran Police Writer Constable vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Akshay H. Mehta
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 53 of 1999
**Judgment:** 2005-09-02 (2005, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1993-07-06 (1993)
**Place:** Anand, Gujarat (district at time: Kheda); city town: Bhadaran; police station or unit: Bhadaran Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 304A; IPC 285
**Officers (gated display forms):** Writer Constable, Bhadaran Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bhadaran resident; Bhadaran resident; Bhadaran resident (3 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. Writer Constable of Bhadaran Police Station was deployed to keep a crowd away from a spilled inflammable naphtha tanker on 6-7-1993; the prosecution proved he threw a burning matchstick, igniting the spill and killing three bystanders while injuring several others. The trial court convicted him under Sections 304 Part-II, 324, 435 and 285 IPC. The High Court held the deaths resulted solely from his rash and negligent act but without the intention or knowledge for culpable homicide or hurt, altering the conviction to Section 304A with 1 year simple imprisonment and fine while retaining the Section 285 conviction. The appeal was partly allowed with two months granted to surrender; Bhadaran was in Kheda district at the time and is now in Anand district.

> It is the negligent and/or rash act of the appellant which has directly caused extensive fire resulting into the injuries to various persons, three persons out of these, succumbed to their injuries. This is criminal negligence and rashness on the part of the appellant.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153732/); [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/456609/ramanbhai-somabhai-kharadi-appellant-hash-state-of-gujarat-respondent/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**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:** 4
**display title redacted:** Bhadaran Police Writer Constable vs State of Gujarat
**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 Gujarat High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 53 of 1999', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2005-09-02', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 53 of 1999', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/153732/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/456609/ramanbhai-somabhai-kharadi-appellant-hash-state-of-gujarat-respondent/', '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:** HC retained criminal conviction of on-duty writer constable in reduced form (304A + 285) for negligent act causing 3 civilian deaths.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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