State of Gujarat vs Gujarat Police Unarmed Police Constable and others
Unarmed Police Constable [name withheld] was convicted on 20 March 2024 in Special ACB Case No. 03/2020 for accepting a Rs 25,000 bribe, and sentenced to three years' RI with fine under s.7 and one year's RI with fine under ss.13(1)(d)/13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was dismissed from service on 1 July 2024. Criminal Appeal No. 768/2024 is admitted with sentence suspended (order dated 08.04.2024); the convicting Special Court station is not named in the HC order.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 20 March 2024, the Special Judge (ACB), Gujarat (Special ACB Case No. 03/2020) convicted the Unarmed Police Constable, Gujarat Police (unit not stated in order).
- Register number
- GJ 00 CW 0010
- Case reference
- Special ACB Case No.03/2020; reported in the judgment of the Special Judge (ACB), Gujarat (station not stated in HC order)
- Court and date
- The Special Judge (ACB), Gujarat (Special ACB Case No. 03/2020), 20 March 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Unarmed Police Constable, Gujarat Police (unit not stated in order)
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “the petitioner, an Unarmed Police Constable, was convicted on 20.03.2024 in Special ACB Case No. 03/2020 for accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000 and sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs.5,000 under Section 7.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 years RI + Rs 5,000 fine (s.7); 1 year RI + Rs 5,000 fine (ss.13(1)(d), 13(2))
- Present status of the proceedings
- An appeal is pending; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special Judge (ACB), Gujarat (Special ACB Case No. 03/2020) convicted the accused police personnel on 20 March 2024. An appeal is pending; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 years RI + Rs 5,000 fine (s.7); 1 year RI + Rs 5,000 fine (ss.13(1)(d), 13(2))
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)
Appeal status
Appeal pending. Appeal text