# Gujarat Police Police Constable v. State of Gujarat & Ors.

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## Report card

By judgment dated 20 March 2026 in R/Special Civil Application No. 7162 of 2022, the Gujarat High Court (Coram: Maulik J. Shelat, J.) upheld the disciplinary action taken against the Police Constable, Gujarat Police (appointed 30.04.2001).

- Register number: GJ 26 CW 0002
- Case reference: R/Special Civil Application No. 7162 of 2022 / 2026:GUJHC:20681; 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 99
- Court and date: Gujarat High Court (Coram: Maulik J. Shelat, J.), 20 March 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Gujarat Police (appointed 30.04.2001)
- Present service status: Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Article 311 of the Constitution of India; Rule 3 of the Bombay Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules, 1956
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Since the conduct of the petitioner lead to his conviction under the Act, 1988, in the aforesaid ACB case, the impugned order dismissing him from service suffers from no error of law.” (at para 16.1)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Disciplinary action upheld. Sentence: dismissal.
- 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/pdf_upload/2026/03/23/2-663297.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0013)

**Record:** CW-2026-0013 (compiler id CWC-0152); case SWBRIBER-002; aliases: CWC-0506
**Title:** Gujarat Police Police Constable v. State of Gujarat & Ors.
**Court:** Gujarat High Court; judges: Maulik J. Shelat
**Case number / citation:** R/Special Civil Application No. 7162 of 2022 / 2026:GUJHC:20681; 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 99
**Judgment:** 2026-03-20 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2010-08-12 (2010)
**Place:** Tapi, Gujarat; city town: Vyara; police station or unit: Tapi ACB Police Station / Tapi, Gujarat Police (ACB C.R. No. I-4/2010); force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Disciplinary action upheld (disciplinary_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.12; PC Act 1988 s.13; Constitution Art. 311; Bombay Police (Punishment & Appeal) Rules 1956 r.3
**Officers (gated display forms):** Police Constable, Gujarat Police (appointed 30.04.2001) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** dismissal
**Sentence type:** dismissal (dismissal)

The Gujarat High Court dismissed the writ petition of Police Constable, upholding his dismissal from service on 19 July 2019 following his conviction on 30 April 2019 by the Additional (Ad-hoc) Sessions Judge, Tapi at Vyara in ACB Case CR No.I-4/2010 under Sections 7, 12 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court held that no show-cause notice or hearing was required before dismissal on conviction, applying the second proviso to Article 311(2) and the Constitution Bench ruling in Union of India v. Tulsiram Patel. It noted his criminal appeal (No.1080/2019) was admitted but only the sentence, not the conviction, had been suspended. Since his conduct led to conviction under the 1988 Act, the dismissal suffered from no error of law. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Since the conduct of the petitioner lead to his conviction under the Act, 1988, in the aforesaid ACB case, the impugned order dismissing him from service suffers from no error of law.

**Sources (4):** [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/03/23/2-663297.pdf); [livelaw.in](https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-police-constable-dismissal-corruption-case-527557); [courtbook.in](https://courtbook.in/posts/gujarat-hc-dismissal-without-notice-corruption-case); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/85005193/)
**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:** 16.1
**display title redacted:** Gujarat Police Police Constable v. State of Gujarat & Ors.
**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': '2026-03-20', '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': '2026:GUJHC:20681; 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 99', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/2026/03/23/2-663297.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-police-constable-dismissal-corruption-case-527557', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://courtbook.in/posts/gujarat-hc-dismissal-without-notice-corruption-case', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/85005193/', '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:** Gujarat HC judgment PDF verified; dismissal after PC Act conviction upheld under Art.311(2) proviso.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Disciplinary action upheld.

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