# Gujarat Police Head Constable vs State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 31 August 2021 in R/Special Civil Application No. 12543 of 2008, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Biren Vaishnav, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Head Constable, Gujarat Police.

- Register number: GJ 00 CW 0007
- Case reference: R/Special Civil Application No. 12543 of 2008
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Biren Vaishnav, J.), 31 August 2021
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Gujarat Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 451 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Perusal of the impugned order of dismissal would indicate that it is a case where an employee, particularly from the police force, has engaged himself in the dastardly act of raping a lady.” (at para 5)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- 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/126288968/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2021-0017)

**Record:** CW-2021-0017 (compiler id CWC-1222); case GAP3-53-005
**Title:** Gujarat Police Head Constable vs State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Biren Vaishnav
**Case number / citation:** R/Special Civil Application No. 12543 of 2008
**Judgment:** 2021-08-31 (2021, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-01-01 (1999)
**Place:** Gujarat; force: state_police
**Category:** Violence & unlawful detention
**Sub-category:** custodial rape sexual assault
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 376; IPC 323; IPC 504; IPC 506(2); IPC 451
**Officers (gated display forms):** Head Constable, Gujarat Police (1 in record)
**Victims:** Gujarat woman (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The judgment of the Gujarat High Court records the following account. replace 'the survivor' with 'a woman' / 'the complainant'. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Perusal of the impugned order of dismissal would indicate that it is a case where an employee, particularly from the police force, has engaged himself in the dastardly act of raping a lady.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/126288968/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** brutality
**admin subcategory:** custodial_rape_sexual_assault
**allegations:** {'category': 'Custodial torture', '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:** 5
**display title redacted:** Gujarat Police Head Constable 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': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \['summary'\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': '2021-08-31', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court upheld service punishment imposed on police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Disciplinary action · Procedural only', 'source': 'R/Special Civil Application No. 12543 of 2008', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/126288968/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** custodial rape sexual assault
**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:** Gujarat HC dismissed writ; head constable dismissal for rape of a woman upheld.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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