# Ahmedabad Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 May 2007 in Criminal Appeal No. 104 of 1990, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: C.K. Buch, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Police Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad City; Head Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad City.

- Register number: GJ 01 CW 0011
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 104 of 1990 / LAWS(GJH)-2007-5-174
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: C.K. Buch, J.), 11 May 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad City; Head Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad City
- 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 judgment and order of conviction dated 20.12.1989 passed by the Special Judge, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad in Special (ACB) Case No.48 of 1988, is hereby confirmed and the judgment and order of sentence dated 20.12.1989, passed by the learned …” (at para 56)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.25 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://archive.org/download/india.highcourt.judgement.gjhc240136801990/GJHC240136801990.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0024)

**Record:** CW-2007-0024 (compiler id CWC-1210); case GAP3-48-007
**Title:** Ahmedabad Police Police Constable vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: C.K. Buch
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 104 of 1990 / LAWS(GJH)-2007-5-174
**Judgment:** 2007-05-11 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1986-12-08 (1986)
**Place:** Ahmedabad, Gujarat; city town: Ahmedabad; police station or unit: Naroda Police Station; force: state_police
**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):** Police Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad City; Head Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad City (2 in record)
**Victims:** Ahmedabad resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.25 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. Constable and Head Constable of Naroda Police Station visited timber trader \[name withheld\]'s premises in December 1986 after a sales-tax complaint, a bailable matter, and agreed to accept Rs.3,000 for not seeking remand after arrest. The ACB trap recovered part-payment of Rs.800 plus blank signed papers from the head constable's portfolio. The Special Judge convicted both officers in 1989. The Gujarat High Court rejected the mistaken-identity defence, confirmed the conviction, but reduced the two-year sentences to three months' RI given the age of the case; no formal sentence order was passed for the second appellant, who died during the appeal.

> The judgment and order of conviction dated 20.12.1989 passed by the Special Judge, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad in Special (ACB) Case No.48 of 1988, is hereby confirmed and the judgment and order of sentence dated 20.12.1989, passed by the learned Special Judge, City Civil Court, Ahmedabad, in Special (ACB) Case No.48 of 1988, is hereby reduced and modified to the extent that instead of 2 years' RI and to pay a fine of Rs.3,000/- and in default to undergo RI for 9 months for the offence punishable under Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code and to undergo sentence of 2 years RI and to pay a fine of Rs.3,000/- and in default to undergo RI for 9 months for the offence punishable under Section 5(1)(d) r/w. Sec.5(2) of the Act, both the appellants now shall undergo RI for 3 months for both the offences and in default punishment for each of these offences imposed i.e for a period of 9 months is reduced to 1½ months.

**Sources (2):** [archive.org](https://archive.org/download/india.highcourt.judgement.gjhc240136801990/GJHC240136801990.pdf); [the-laws.com](https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=207002815100&Title=NATHUBHAI-MOTIBHAI-PATEL-Vs.-STATE-OF-GUJARAT)
**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:** 56
**display title redacted:** Ahmedabad 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': 'holds', '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': 'LAWS(GJH)-2007-5-174', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2007-05-11', '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': 'LAWS(GJH)-2007-5-174', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://archive.org/download/india.highcourt.judgement.gjhc240136801990/GJHC240136801990.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.the-laws.com/Encyclopedia/Browse/Case?CaseId=207002815100&Title=NATHUBHAI-MOTIBHAI-PATEL-Vs.-STATE-OF-GUJARAT', '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:** Conviction of two Naroda PS officers for bribery confirmed, sentence cut to 3 months RI; judgment PDF verified.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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