# Ahmedabad Police Constable and others vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 30 September 2008 in Criminal Appeal No. 775 of 1993 (Special Case No. 20 of 1990, Special Judge, Court No. 2, Ahmedabad), the Gujarat High Court (Coram: M.D. Shah, J.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad city; Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad city.

- Register number: GJ 01 CW 0014
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 775 of 1993 (Special Case No. 20 of 1990, Special Judge, Court No. 2, Ahmedabad)
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: M.D. Shah, J.), 30 September 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad city; Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad city
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 13(1)(d)(i) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In view of the above discussion and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and the oral and documentary evidence available on record, I have no hesitation in holding that the amount of Rs.1,000/- received by the …” (at para para 10.0)
- 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/653760/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2008-0027)

**Record:** CW-2008-0027 (compiler id CWC-1204); case GAP3-48-001
**Title:** Ahmedabad Police Constable and others vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: M.D. Shah
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 775 of 1993 (Special Case No. 20 of 1990, Special Judge, Court No. 2, Ahmedabad)
**Judgment:** 2008-09-30 (2008, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1989-12-01 (1989)
**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:** PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)(i); PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d)(ii); IPC 34
**Officers (gated display forms):** Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad city; Constable, Naroda Police Station, Ahmedabad city (2 in record)
**Victims:** Ahmedabad man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

The Gujarat High Court (M.D. Shah, J.) on 30 September 2008 partly allowed Criminal Appeal No. 775 of 1993, upholding the corruption conviction of two Naroda Police Station constables by the Special Judge, Ahmedabad (29 June 1993). The court held proved beyond doubt that they demanded and accepted Rs. 1,000 illegal gratification from scrap trader \[name withheld\] on 1-2 December 1989 for not registering a case over missing purchase bills, relying on the panch witness and ACB officer evidence from the trap with marked notes. It rejected the defence that the notes were thrust on them during a summons visit. Given ~20 years had passed, it reduced appellant No. 1 \[name withheld\]'s sentence from three years to one year rigorous imprisonment on all counts; appellant No. 2 \[name withheld\] died during appeal so no sentence order was passed for him.

> In view of the above discussion and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and the oral and documentary evidence available on record, I have no hesitation in holding that the amount of Rs.1,000/- received by the accused persons from the complainant on 01.12.1989 was illegal gratification and that the ingredients of bribe i.e. demand, offer and acceptance have been successfully proved by the prosecution beyond doubt.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/653760/)
**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 10.0
**display title redacted:** Ahmedabad Police Constable 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': 'Criminal Appeal No. 775 of 1993 (Special Case No. 20 of 1990, Special Judge, Court No. 2, Ahmedabad)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2008-09-30', '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. 775 of 1993 (Special Case No. 20 of 1990, Special Judge, Court No. 2, Ahmedabad)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/653760/', '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 two constables 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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