# State (ACB) v. Ahilyanagar Police Constable and others

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Trial-court conviction (Special Judge, Ahmednagar; Special Court (ACB)). Convicted 8 February 2005. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

Per the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) judgment of 03-01-2025, Ashok Kasar, then a Constable at Nagar Taluka Police Station, demanded and accepted bribe money at the police station on behalf of PSI, who had threatened to detain the complainant mother after booking his brother (Crime No.55/2000) unless paid (Rs.25,000 demanded, settled at Rs.8,000 in two instalments); \[name withheld\] accepted the tainted money, kept it in his watch pocket, and tried to flee over a wall when the ACB raiding party moved in. The Special Judge, Ahmednagar convicted him on 08-02-2005 in Special Case No.10/2001, and the High Court (Abhay S. Waghvase, J.) held demand and acceptance proved by the complainant and shadow pancha, dismissing the appeal.

## Report card

By judgment dated 8 February 2005, the Special Judge, Ahmednagar convicted the Constable, Nagar Taluka Police Station, Ahmednagar district.

- Register number: MH 16 CW 0012
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 134 of 2005; reported in the judgment of the Bombay High Court
- Court and date: The Special Judge, Ahmednagar, 8 February 2005
- Officer(s) at the material time: Constable, Nagar Taluka Police Station, Ahmednagar district
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Resultantly, sine qua non of demand as well as acceptance are patently substantiated. Defence so put has no merits.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: not stated in appellate text (conviction under ss.7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d); sentence details not extracted)
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/88042053/); [Appellate judgment](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/88042053/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w3-29-006)

## At a glance

- Category: Bribery & extortion
- Sub-category: bribery pc act
- Location: Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra
- Officers: Constable, Nagar Taluka Police Station, Ahmednagar district
- Sentence: not stated in appellate text (conviction under ss.7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d); sentence details not extracted)
- Verification: V2 · Trial court