State vs Gujarat Police Constable
Constable of Valsad, booked in a 2005 Prevention of Corruption Act case, was convicted by the trial court on 10 October 2017 and sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment with fine; he was later dismissed from service by the SP in May 2018. The Gujarat High Court suspended his sentence on 3 November 2017 and the criminal appeal was pending when the service-dismissal challenge was decided on 7 October 2020.
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 7 October 2020, the Trial (Special ACB) Court, Valsad (exact designation not stated in HC order) convicted the Constable, Gujarat Police, Valsad.
- Register number
- GJ 15 CW 0002
- Case reference
- R/Special Civil Application No. 9743 of 2020; reported in the judgment of the Gujarat High Court
- Court and date
- The Trial (Special ACB) Court, Valsad (exact designation not stated in HC order), 7 October 2020
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Constable, Gujarat Police, Valsad
- Present service status
- Recorded in the cited sources as dismissed from service.
- Provisions invoked
- the Prevention of Corruption Act
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “The trial court convicted the petitioner by judgment and order dated 10th October 2017 and he was punished for two years rigorous imprisonment with fine.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 2 years rigorous imprisonment with fine
- 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.
Trial (Special ACB) Court, Valsad (exact designation not stated in HC order) convicted the accused police personnel on 7 October 2020. An appeal is pending; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 2 years rigorous imprisonment with fine
Sections: Prevention of Corruption Act
Appeal status
Appeal pending. Appeal text