# Nand Kishore vs State of Rajasthan

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 March 2024 in S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 180/1988, the Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Nand Kishore (Head Constable).

- Register number: RJ 20 CW 0002
- Case reference: S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 180/1988 / 2024:RJ-JP:12210
- Court and date: Rajasthan High Court (Coram: Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J.), 11 March 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: Nand Kishore (Head Constable)
- 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): “Resultantly, the appeal is partly allowed. While maintaining the conviction of the appellant recorded by the learned trial Court vide its judgment dated 30.04.1988, the substantive sentence awarded to him under Section 161 IPC as also under Sections 5(1)(d) read …” (at para n/a)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: fine.
- 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/20606909/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0002)

**Record:** CW-2024-0002 (compiler id CWC-0320); case RAJAST-002
**Title:** Nand Kishore vs State of Rajasthan
**Court:** Rajasthan High Court; bench: Jaipur; judges: Mahendar Kumar Goyal
**Case number / citation:** S.B. Criminal Appeal No. 180/1988 / 2024:RJ-JP:12210
**Judgment:** 2024-03-11 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1983-03-02 (1983)
**Place:** Kota, Rajasthan; city town: Kota; police station or unit: Traffic Police, Kota; 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):** Nand Kishore (Head Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kota man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** fine
**Sentence type:** fine (fine)

The Jaipur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court maintained the conviction of Head Constable Nand Kishore of the Kota Traffic Police under Section 161 IPC and Sections 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, for demanding and accepting a Rs. 10 bribe from an auto-rickshaw driver in March 1983. Affirming the findings of the Special Judge, Anti Corruption Cases, Kota, the High Court held the conviction intact but set aside the substantive sentence of one year rigorous imprisonment in view of the appellant being 72 years old and enduring 41 years of criminal proceedings for a petty bribe. The Court substituted the custodial term with an enhanced fine of Rs. 2,000 on each count. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Resultantly, the appeal is partly allowed. While maintaining the conviction of the appellant recorded by the learned trial Court vide its judgment dated 30.04.1988, the substantive sentence awarded to him under Section 161 IPC as also under Sections 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Act of 1947 is set aside.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/20606909/)
**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:** Nand Kishore 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': '2024:RJ-JP:12210', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2024-03-11', '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': '2024:RJ-JP:12210', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/20606909/', '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 maintained PC Act conviction of Traffic Head Constable Nand Kishore for demanding Rs. 10 bribe, modifying sentence to enhanced fine due to 41-year pendency.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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