# Ram Karan vs State of Rajasthan

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 July 2022 in S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 478/1986, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Narendra Singh Dhaddha, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Ram Karan (Sub-Inspector).

- Register number: RJ 26 CW 0001
- Case reference: S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 478/1986
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Narendra Singh Dhaddha, J.), 25 July 2022
- Officer(s) at the material time: Ram Karan (Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract): “I am of the considered opinion that the judgment and order of the learned trial court does not suffer from infirmity and illegality. The appeal devoid of merit, is liable to be dismissed. In the result, the appeal is dismissed.” (at para n/a)
- 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/34724178/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2022-0015)

**Record:** CW-2022-0015 (compiler id CWC-0325); case RAJAST-007
**Title:** Ram Karan vs State of Rajasthan
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: Narendra Singh Dhaddha
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 478/1986
**Judgment:** 2022-07-25 (2022, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1982-10-11 (1982)
**Place:** Tonk, Rajasthan; city town: Aligarh; police station or unit: Aligarh Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** IPC 161; PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d); PC Act 1947 s.5(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Ram Karan (Sub-Inspector) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Aligarh man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court dismissed an appeal and upheld the conviction of former SHO-Inspector Ram Karan of Aligarh Police Station, Tonk, under Section 161 IPC and Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. Ram Karan had threatened complainant \[name withheld\] with criminal prosecution under Section 182 IPC over an alleged false abduction complaint unless paid a bribe of Rs. 200, which was seized during an Anti-Corruption Department trap. Despite the officer passing away during the 36-year appeal pendency and his legal representatives continuing the appeal, the High Court held demand and acceptance firmly established and affirmed his conviction and concurrent one-year sentence.

> I am of the considered opinion that the judgment and order of the learned trial court does not suffer from infirmity and illegality. The appeal devoid of merit, is liable to be dismissed. In the result, the appeal is dismissed.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34724178/)
**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:** n/a
**display title redacted:** Ram Karan vs State of Rajasthan
**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 Rajasthan High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Rajasthan High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 478/1986', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2022-07-25', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Rajasthan High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Rajasthan High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': 'S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 478/1986', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/34724178/', '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:** Rajasthan High Court dismissed appeal and upheld the PC Act conviction and 1-year sentence of Sub-Inspector Ram Karan for demanding a Rs. 200 bribe.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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