# Dwarka Police Police personnel (rank not stated) vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 18 November 2011 in Criminal Appeal No. 218 of 1998 (Special Case No. 4 of 1996, Special Judge, Jamnagar), the Gujarat High Court (Coram: M. D. Shah, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Police personnel (rank not stated), Dwarka Police Station area (Okha road duty).

- Register number: GJ 37 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 218 of 1998 (Special Case No. 4 of 1996, Special Judge, Jamnagar)
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: M. D. Shah, J.), 18 November 2011
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel (rank not stated), Dwarka Police Station area (Okha road duty)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “It is proved beyond reasonable doubt by prosecution that trap was arranged and the ACB Inspector and panchas were in the truck when present appellant-accused no.1 demanded bribe amount and when he accepted the said amount.” (at para 13)
- 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/1696659/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2011-0020)

**Record:** CW-2011-0020 (compiler id CWC-0150); case GUJARA-003
**Title:** Dwarka Police Police personnel (rank not stated) vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: M. D. Shah
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 218 of 1998 (Special Case No. 4 of 1996, Special Judge, Jamnagar)
**Judgment:** 2011-11-18 (2011, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1996-05-09 (1996)
**Place:** Devbhumi Dwarka, Gujarat (district at time: Jamnagar); city town: Dwarka; police station or unit: Dwarka Police Station area (Okha road duty); 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); PC Act 1988 s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel (rank not stated), Dwarka Police Station area (Okha road duty) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Dwarka man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Gujarat High Court confirmed the conviction of policeman, caught in an ACB trap on the Dwarka-Okha road on 9 May 1996 demanding and accepting a Rs 10 entry fee from lignite-truck drivers. The Court held the panch-witness evidence proved demand and acceptance beyond reasonable doubt despite the punter turning hostile, noting the raiding party sat in the truck cabin. It dismissed the appeal, confirming six months' SI under Section 7 and one year's SI under Section 13(1)(d)/13(2) of the PC Act, 1988, with bail bonds cancelled and six weeks to surrender. Two co-accused \[name withheld\] constables stood acquitted by the trial court. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> It is proved beyond reasonable doubt by prosecution that trap was arranged and the ACB Inspector and panchas were in the truck when present appellant-accused no.1 demanded bribe amount and when he accepted the said amount.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1696659/)
**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:** 13
**display title redacted:** Dwarka Police Police personnel (rank not stated) 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. 218 of 1998 (Special Case No. 4 of 1996, Special Judge, Jamnagar)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2011-11-18', '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. 218 of 1998 (Special Case No. 4 of 1996, Special Judge, Jamnagar)', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1696659/', '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 judgment verified: policeman's entry-fee bribe conviction confirmed (1 yr SI); appeal dismissed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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