# Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol v. State of Gujarat

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## Report card

By judgment dated 1 October 2025 in R/Criminal Revision Application No. 424 of 2011, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: R.T. Vachhani, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol (Constable).

- Register number: GJ 01 CW 0022
- Case reference: R/Criminal Revision Application No. 424 of 2011 / 2025:GUJHC:57972
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: R.T. Vachhani, J.), 1 October 2025
- Officer(s) at the material time: Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol (Constable)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 66(1)(b) of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Police officers enjoy certain protections; however, they are not above the law. Being found intoxicated while on duty, undermines the integrity and efficiency of police personnel and, otherwise damages and erodes public trust in law enforcement agencies.” (at para 7)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.25 years.
- Present status of the proceedings: The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-intoxication-duty-public-trust-integrity-conviction-police-constable-305912); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2025-0023)

**Record:** CW-2025-0023 (compiler id CWC-0138); case GUJARA-009; aliases: CWC-1480
**Title:** Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol v. State of Gujarat
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: R.T. Vachhani
**Case number / citation:** R/Criminal Revision Application No. 424 of 2011 / 2025:GUJHC:57972
**Judgment:** 2025-10-01 (2025, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2003-12-14 (2003)
**Place:** Ahmedabad, Gujarat; city town: Ahmedabad; force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** Bombay Prohibition Act 1949 s.66(1)(b)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol (Constable) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.25 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

Police constable Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol was found intoxicated while on point duty at Pirana Toll Naka, Ahmedabad, on 14 December 2003, with blood alcohol of 0.0945% w/v against the 0.05% limit. A Metropolitan Magistrate convicted him under Section 66(1)(b) of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 (three months' simple imprisonment and Rs.500 fine) in February 2010, and the Sessions Court dismissed his appeal in 2011. The Gujarat High Court held the FSL chain and Blood Test Rules complied with and that the acquittal under Section 85(1)(3) did not affect the Section 66(1)(b) conviction. Dismissing the revision, the Court held on-duty intoxication by a policeman a grave misconduct, refused probation or sentence reduction, and ordered surrender within two weeks. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Police officers enjoy certain protections; however, they are not above the law. Being found intoxicated while on duty, undermines the integrity and efficiency of police personnel and, otherwise damages and erodes public trust in law enforcement agencies.

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-intoxication-duty-public-trust-integrity-conviction-police-constable-305912); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/gujarat-high-court/mahendrasinh-balusinh-raol-v-state-of-gujarat-2025gujhc57972-intoxicated-on-duty-integrity-police-personnel-constable-conviction-1593558); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/68df73a0e5b2aa37aa85803f); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/mahendrasinh-balusinh-raol-vs-state-of-gujarat-624254.pdf)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** misconduct
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 7
**display title redacted:** Mahendrasinh Balusinh Raol v. 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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Gujarat High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2025:GUJHC:57972', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2025-10-01', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Gujarat High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Gujarat High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2025:GUJHC:57972', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-intoxication-duty-public-trust-integrity-conviction-police-constable-305912', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/gujarat-high-court/mahendrasinh-balusinh-raol-v-state-of-gujarat-2025gujhc57972-intoxicated-on-duty-integrity-police-personnel-constable-conviction-1593558', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/68df73a0e5b2aa37aa85803f', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/mahendrasinh-balusinh-raol-vs-state-of-gujarat-624254.pdf', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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 revision, upheld constable's Prohibition Act conviction for on-duty intoxication.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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