# Ahmedabad Police Constable (traffic police) vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 July 2008 in Criminal Appeal No. 1055 of 1993 (Special Case No. 5 of 1991, Special Judge, City Sessions Court 2nd Court, Ahmedabad city), the Gujarat High Court (Coram: M.D. Shah, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Constable (traffic police), Traffic Court (Court No. 13), Gheekanta, Ahmedabad.

- Register number: GJ 01 CW 0013
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 1055 of 1993 (Special Case No. 5 of 1991, Special Judge, City Sessions Court 2nd Court, Ahmedabad city)
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: M.D. Shah, J.), 23 July 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable (traffic police), Traffic Court (Court No. 13), Gheekanta, Ahmedabad
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d)(i) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the above discussion and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and the evidence available on record, I have no hesitation in holding that the amount of Rs.150/- received by the appellant from P.W.-1 …” (at para para 13.0)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; 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/1905268/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0024)

**Record:** CW-2008-0024 (compiler id CWC-1205); case GAP3-48-002
**Title:** Ahmedabad Police Constable (traffic police) vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: M.D. Shah
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 1055 of 1993 (Special Case No. 5 of 1991, Special Judge, City Sessions Court 2nd Court, Ahmedabad city)
**Judgment:** 2008-07-23 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-12-27 (1989)
**Place:** Ahmedabad, Gujarat; city town: Ahmedabad; police station or unit: Traffic Court (Court No. 13), Gheekanta, Ahmedabad; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)(i); PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)(ii)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable (traffic police), Traffic Court (Court No. 13), Gheekanta, Ahmedabad (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ahmedabad resident (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Gujarat High Court (M.D. Shah, J.) on 23 July 2008 partly allowed Criminal Appeal No. 1055 of 1993, upholding the corruption conviction of traffic policeman by the Special Judge, Ahmedabad city (26 July 1993). The court held proved beyond doubt that, while attached to Traffic Court (Court No. 13) Gheekanta, he demanded money at Rs. 15 per complaint from auto-rickshaw driverW.-1 to dispose of 15-16 pending traffic complaints and accepted Rs. 150 in an ACB trap on 27 December 1989. It rejected the defence that he took the money only to secure the driver's court presence, holding police officials were not authorised to collect fine amounts directly. Given ~19 years had passed, it reduced the three-year sentences to one year rigorous imprisonment on all counts, concurrent. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In view of the above discussion and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and the evidence available on record, I have no hesitation in holding that the amount of Rs.150/- received by the appellant from P.W.-1 on 27.12.1989 was an illegal gratification and that the ingredients of bribe i.e. demand, offer and acceptance has been successfully proved by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1905268/)
**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 13.0
**display title redacted:** Ahmedabad Police Constable (traffic police) 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. 1055 of 1993 (Special Case No. 5 of 1991, Special Judge, City Sessions Court 2nd Court, Ahmedabad city)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2008-07-23', '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. 1055 of 1993 (Special Case No. 5 of 1991, Special Judge, City Sessions Court 2nd Court, Ahmedabad city)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1905268/', '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 bribery conviction of traffic policeman upheld; sentence cut 3 years to 1 year for delay.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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