# Magodi Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 29 March 2007 in Criminal Appeal No. 959 of 1992 (Special Case No. 5 of 1987, Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural)), the Gujarat High Court (Coram: C.K. Buch, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Constable, Dabhoda Police Station.

- Register number: GJ 18 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 959 of 1992 (Special Case No. 5 of 1987, Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural))
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: C.K. Buch, J.), 29 March 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Dabhoda Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 151 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For short, I do not find any perversity or illegality in the finding of conviction recorded by the ld. Trial Judge and it is rightly submitted by ld. APP Mr. Pandit that the appeal deserves to be dismissed as the …” (at para 27)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.08 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/436040/natwarlal-mohanlal-zala-appellant-hash-state-of-gujarat-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0021)

**Record:** CW-2007-0021 (compiler id CWC-1207); case GAP3-48-004
**Title:** Magodi Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: C.K. Buch
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 959 of 1992 (Special Case No. 5 of 1987, Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural))
**Judgment:** 2007-03-29 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1985-12-02 (1985)
**Place:** Gandhinagar, Gujarat; city town: Magodi; police station or unit: Police station serving village Magodi, Taluka Gandhinagar; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d); PC Act 1947 s.5(2); IPC 151
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Dabhoda Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Magodi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.08 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Gujarat High Court (C.K. Buch, J.) on 29 March 2007 partly allowed Criminal Appeal No. 959 of 1992, confirming the corruption conviction of Police Constable by the Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural) (1 September 1992). The court found no perversity in the finding that, after a field-quarrel complaint on 1 December 1985, he demanded Rs. 1,000 from villager a Magodi man to avoid arresting his brothers and accepted Rs. 600 at the panchayat office/tea-stall on 2 December 1985, recovered in an ACB trap. Since the 1947 Act prescribed no minimum sentence and the constable faced dismissal and years of agony, it reduced the substantive sentence from six months to one month rigorous imprisonment, confirming the Rs. 700 fine. It directed him to surrender within six weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> For short, I do not find any perversity or illegality in the finding of conviction recorded by the ld. Trial Judge and it is rightly submitted by ld. APP Mr. Pandit that the appeal deserves to be dismissed as the same is devoid of any merits.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/436040/natwarlal-mohanlal-zala-appellant-hash-state-of-gujarat-respondent/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1433203/)
**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:** 27
**display title redacted:** Magodi Police Police 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**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. 959 of 1992 (Special Case No. 5 of 1987, Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural))', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2007-03-29', '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. 959 of 1992 (Special Case No. 5 of 1987, Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural))', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/436040/natwarlal-mohanlal-zala-appellant-hash-state-of-gujarat-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1433203/', '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:** PC Act 1947 bribery conviction upheld; sentence cut 6 months to 1 month RI, fine confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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