# Randhikpur Police Police Sub-Inspector v. The State of Gujarat (B. case; CBI v. \[name withheld\] and Others)

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 May 2017 in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1020-1023 of 2009, 487 of 2010; CBI appeals against acquittal Nos. 194 of 2011, 271 of 2011, the Bombay High Court (Coram: V. K. Tahilramani, Mridula Bhatkar, JJ.) recorded the conviction of 5 police personnel, namely: Police personnel, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod; Police Sub-Inspector, Limkheda / Fatehpura Police Station, Dahod; Police personnel, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod (in charge of police station); Circle Police Inspector, Limkheda, Dahod; Police personnel, Limkheda Sub-Division, Dahod (supervising officer), and directed payment of compensation of Rs 1.4 lakh (Rs 1,40,000).

- Register number: GJ 20 CW 0003
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal Nos. 1020-1023 of 2009, 487 of 2010; CBI appeals against acquittal Nos. 194 of 2011, 271 of 2011
- Court and date: Bombay High Court (Coram: V. K. Tahilramani, Mridula Bhatkar, JJ.), 4 May 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police personnel, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod; Police Sub-Inspector, Limkheda / Fatehpura Police Station, Dahod; Police personnel, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod (in charge of police station); Circle Police Inspector, Limkheda, Dahod; Police personnel, Limkheda Sub-Division, Dahod (supervising officer)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “All the acts of commission and omission of the police and the medical officers cannot be examined in isolation but they are well connected with each other in a chain of suppression of facts causing disappearance of the evidence with …” (at para 370)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine. Compensation: Rs 1.4 lakh (Rs 1,40,000).
- 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/193835523/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0004)

**Record:** CW-2017-0004 (compiler id CWC-0496); case SWDERELI-003
**Title:** Randhikpur Police Police Sub-Inspector v. The State of Gujarat (B. case; CBI v. \[name withheld\] and Others)
**Court:** Bombay High Court; judges: V. K. Tahilramani; Mridula Bhatkar
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal Nos. 1020-1023 of 2009, 487 of 2010; CBI appeals against acquittal Nos. 194 of 2011, 271 of 2011
**Judgment:** 2017-05-04 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-03-03 (2002)
**Place:** Dahod, Gujarat; city town: Randhikpur; police station or unit: Limkheda Police Station, Dahod; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** dereliction evidence tampering
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** IPC 201; IPC 218
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police personnel, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod; Police Sub-Inspector, Limkheda / Fatehpura Police Station, Dahod; Police personnel, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod (in charge of police station); Circle Police Inspector, Limkheda, Dahod; Police personnel, Limkheda Sub-Division, Dahod (supervising officer) (5 in record)
**Victims:** Randhikpur woman (8 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; Rs 1.4 lakh (Rs 1,40,000)
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

On the CBI appeal against acquittal in the a woman gang-rape and murder trial, the Bombay High Court set aside the acquittal of five policemen (A13, A14, A15, A16, A18) and two doctors and convicted them under Sections 201 and 218 IPC. The Court held they suppressed facts, botched the inquest and post-mortem, and filed a false A-summary closure report to screen the offenders. Each was sentenced to the period already undergone plus Rs 5,000 fine under Section 201 and Rs 15,000 fine under Section 218, with all fine amounts directed to be paid to the prosecutrix as compensation. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> All the acts of commission and omission of the police and the medical officers cannot be examined in isolation but they are well connected with each other in a chain of suppression of facts causing disappearance of the evidence with intent to screen the offenders and save them from punishment.

**Sources (3):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/193835523/); [legalindia.com](https://www.legalindia.com/news/bilkis-case-bombay-hc-upholds-life-sentence-12-sets-aside-acquittal-seven); [mainstreamweekly.net](http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article8694.html)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** dereliction_evidence_tampering
**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:** True
**court quote para:** 370
**display title redacted:** Randhikpur Police Police Sub-Inspector v. The State of Gujarat (B. case; CBI v. \[name withheld\] and Others)
**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': '2017-05-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Bombay High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Bombay High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal Nos. 1020-1023 of 2009, 487 of 2010; CBI appeals against acquittal Nos. 194 of 2011, 271 of 2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/193835523/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.legalindia.com/news/bilkis-case-bombay-hc-upholds-life-sentence-12-sets-aside-acquittal-seven', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article8694.html', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** dereliction evidence tampering
**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 reversed acquittal; 5 policemen convicted under IPC 201/218 for screening offenders.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**victims redacted:** {'age': None, 'gender': 'female', 'descriptor': 'a woman'}
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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