State vs Ahmedabad Police Police Constable
Police Constable, found on point duty in December 2003 unable to hold posture with slurred speech and 0.0945% blood alcohol (over the 0.05% limit), was convicted in February 2010 by a Metropolitan Magistrate, Ahmedabad under Bombay Prohibition Act s.66(1)(b) and sentenced to 3 months' SI with Rs.500 fine (acquitted under s.85(1)(3)). His appeal before the Additional Sessions Judge, City Civil and Sessions Court Ahmedabad was dismissed in 2011, and the Gujarat High Court (Justice R.T. Vachhani; 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 159) dismissed his criminal revision on 6 October 2025, holding intoxication on duty erodes public trust and directing surrender within two weeks.
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 in February 2010, the Metropolitan Magistrate, Ahmedabad convicted the Police Constable, Ahmedabad (point duty).
- Register number
- GJ 01 CW 0016
- Case reference
- State vs Ahmedabad Police Police Constable; reported in the judgment of the Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Ahmedabad
- Court and date
- The Metropolitan Magistrate, Ahmedabad, 2010-02
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Constable, Ahmedabad (point duty)
- 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)
- “Intoxication On Duty Erodes Public Trust, Undermines Integrity”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 months simple imprisonment + Rs.500 fine
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Metropolitan Magistrate, Ahmedabad convicted the accused police personnel on February 2010. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 months simple imprisonment + Rs.500 fine
Sections: Bombay Prohibition Act 1949 s.66(1)(b)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text