# Bhavnagar Police Police Sub-Inspector and others vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 24 August 2007 in Criminal Appeal No. 1289 of 1993, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: M.D. Shah, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Sub-Inspector, Khuntvada Police Station.

- Register number: GJ 04 CW 0002
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 1289 of 1993 / 2008 Cri LJ 505, (2008) 2 GLR 1075
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: M.D. Shah, J.), 24 August 2007
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Sub-Inspector, Khuntvada Police Station
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act
- Finding of the Court (extract): “For the foregoing reasons, the appeal is meritless and deserves to be dismissed. This appeal is accordingly dismissed and the judgment and order of conviction and sentence recorded in Special Case No. 9 of 1991 dated 5-11-1993 by the learned …” (at para para 18)
- 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/1346203/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2007-0028)

**Record:** CW-2007-0028 (compiler id CWC-1208); case GAP3-48-005
**Title:** Bhavnagar Police Police Sub-Inspector and others vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: M.D. Shah
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 1289 of 1993 / 2008 Cri LJ 505, (2008) 2 GLR 1075
**Judgment:** 2007-08-24 (2007, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1990-12-12 (1990)
**Place:** Bhavnagar, Gujarat; police station or unit: Khuntvada Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; PC Act s.5(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Sub-Inspector, Khuntvada Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Bhavnagar resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. PSI of Khuntvada Police Station stopped luxury bus GTS-9919 carrying a marriage party at Aasarana Chokadi on 12 December 1990, seized its permit papers and demanded Rs.250 (later Rs.225) as 'entry fee'. The bus owner refused to pay and approached the ACB, Bhavnagar, whose trap caught the PSI accepting the marked amount. The Special Judge, Bhavnagar convicted him in 1993 while acquitting three co-accused. The Gujarat High Court held the prosecution evidence acceptable and reliable, rejected the defence of a false trap, and confirmed the conviction and sentence while cancelling bail and ordering surrender. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> For the foregoing reasons, the appeal is meritless and deserves to be dismissed. This appeal is accordingly dismissed and the judgment and order of conviction and sentence recorded in Special Case No. 9 of 1991 dated 5-11-1993 by the learned Special Judge, Bhavnagar are hereby confirmed.

**Sources (2):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1346203/); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/54626/)
**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:** para 18
**display title redacted:** Bhavnagar Police Police Sub-Inspector and others 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': '2008 Cri LJ 505, (2008) 2 GLR 1075', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2007-08-24', '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': '2008 Cri LJ 505, (2008) 2 GLR 1075', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1346203/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/54626/', '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:** HC dismissed PSI's appeal and confirmed bribery conviction and sentence; judgment verified on Indian Kanoon.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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