# CBI vs Gujarat Police Head Constable and others

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Trial-court conviction (Special CBI Court, Mumbai (Judge U.D. Salvi; trial transferred from Gujarat by Supreme Court); CBI Court). Convicted 21 January 2008. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

Head Constable of Limkheda Police Station (Dahod) was convicted on 21 January 2008 by Special CBI Judge U.D. Salvi in Mumbai — where the Supreme Court had transferred the \[name withheld\] trial — for falsifying evidence/refusing to record \[name withheld\]'s initial complaint after the March 2002 gang-rape and murder of her family during the Gujarat riots; eleven other accused received life imprisonment while six other police officials and two doctors were acquitted at trial. The Bombay High Court in May 2017 upheld the life sentences and additionally convicted the seven trial-acquitted policemen/doctors; the appeal status of his own trial conviction is not confirmed in the sources reviewed.

## Report card

By judgment dated 21 January 2008, the Special CBI Court, Mumbai (Judge U.D. Salvi; trial transferred from Gujarat by Supreme Court) convicted the Head Constable, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod, Gujarat Police.

- Register number: GJ 20 CW 0001
- Case reference: Sessions Case No. 634 of 2004 (Special Judge, Greater Mumbai); reported in the judgment of the Special CBI Court, Mumbai (trial transferred from Gujarat by Supreme Court; Judge U.D. Salvi)
- Court and date: The Special CBI Court, Mumbai (Judge U.D. Salvi; trial transferred from Gujarat by Supreme Court), 21 January 2008
- Officer(s) at the material time: Head Constable, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod, Gujarat Police
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 217 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 218 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The police officer, \[name withheld\] was convicted of the offence punishable under Sections 217 and 218 of the IPC.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Not confirmed in sources reviewed
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2022/38741/38741_2022_12_1501_49383_Judgement_08-Jan-2024.pdf); [Appellate judgment](https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ID93J9sUnI1x0dWAX6mtoN/Bilkis-Bano-case-Bombay-HC-upholds-life-imprisonment-to-11.html?facet=amp); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w2-08-012)

## At a glance

- Category: Other misconduct
- Sub-category: dereliction evidence tampering
- Location: Dahod, Gujarat
- Officers: Head Constable, Limkheda Police Station, Dahod, Gujarat Police
- Sentence: Not confirmed in sources reviewed
- Verification: V1 · Trial court