# State of U.P. v. Mukesh Kumar

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 May 2023 in Government Appeal No. 4585 of 2003, the Allahabad High Court (Coram: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.) recorded the conviction of the Mukesh Kumar (Head Constable).

- Register number: UP 14 CW 0003
- Case reference: Government Appeal No. 4585 of 2003
- Court and date: Allahabad High Court (Coram: Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.), 1 May 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Mukesh Kumar (Head Constable)
- 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): “Considering the testimony of the witnesses including the complainant, independent witnesses and the Inspectors, I am of the view the the accused-respondent was guilty for offence under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act. Therefore, the …” (at para 14)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1.0 years.
- 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/181092484/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0013)

**Record:** CW-2023-0013 (compiler id CWC-0394); case UTTARP-007
**Title:** State of U.P. v. Mukesh Kumar
**Court:** Allahabad High Court; judges: Dinesh Kumar Singh
**Case number / citation:** Government Appeal No. 4585 of 2003
**Judgment:** 2023-05-01 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2000-09-07 (2000)
**Place:** Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh; city town: Ghaziabad; police station or unit: Chowki Maharajpur, PS Link Road, Ghaziabad; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d); PC Act 1988 s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Mukesh Kumar (Head Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ghaziabad man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1.0 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Allahabad High Court records the following account. Head Constable Mukesh Kumar of Maharajpur Outpost under Link Road Police Station in Ghaziabad demanded monthly extortion bribes of Rs 500 from each three-wheeler tempo owner operating between Maharajpur and Sahibabad Mandi under threat of stopping their vehicles. Complainant \[name withheld\] approached the Vigilance Department at Meerut, and following an inquiry, an anti-corruption trap was executed on 7 September 2000. The respondent was caught red-handed inside his room at the outpost accepting Rs 7,000 in tainted currency collected from fourteen vehicle owners along with a written list, and chemical tests on his hands and pocket yielded positive results. Although the Special Judge (Anti-Corruption), Meerut, acquitted the respondent in May 2003 on unfounded allegations of enmity, the Allahabad High Court reversed the acquittal, found the demand, acceptance, and recovery conclusively established, and convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, sentencing him to one year of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 3,000. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Considering the testimony of the witnesses including the complainant, independent witnesses and the Inspectors, I am of the view the the accused-respondent was guilty for offence under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act. Therefore, the impugned judgement and order of acquittal is liable to be set aside.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/181092484/)
**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:** 14
**display title redacted:** State of U.P. v. Mukesh Kumar
**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': '2023-05-01', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Allahabad High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Allahabad High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Government Appeal No. 4585 of 2003', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/181092484/', '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:** Allahabad HC reversed acquittal, convicting Head Constable under ss. 7 and 13(1)(d)/13(2) PC Act for extorting tempo operators.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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