# State (ACB) v. Nagpur Police Police Head Constable and others

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Trial-court conviction (Special Court constituted under the Prevention of Corruption Act (place not stated in appellate text; Bhiwapur PS case, Nagpur district); Special Court (ACB)). Convicted 17 March 2006. Appeal status: Upheld on appeal.

## Summary

Per the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) judgment of 07-10-2024, Ramesh Margamwar, then a Police Head Constable entrusted with executing a non-bailable warrant against complainant \[name withheld\] (Criminal Case No.70/1990, JMFC Pauni), met him on 02-01-1997 and demanded Rs.1,000 for not executing the warrant and not arresting him, accepting Rs.45 of it at Bhiwapur (the balance via a tea-stall owner, accused No.2 who died during proceedings) in an ACB trap on 03-01-1997. The Special Court convicted him on 17-03-2006 in Special Criminal Case No.3/1998, and the High Court (Urmila Joshi-Phalke, J.) applied the s.20 presumption on proved gratification, dismissing the appeal.

## Report card

By judgment dated 17 March 2006, the Special Court constituted under the Prevention of Corruption Act (place not stated in appellate text; Bhiwapur PS case, Nagpur district) convicted the Police Head Constable, Bhiwapur Police Station, Nagpur district (r/o Kanhan).

- Register number: MH 31 CW 0016
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 164 of 2006; reported in the judgment of the Bombay High Court
- Court and date: The Special Court constituted under the Prevention of Corruption Act (place not stated in appellate text; Bhiwapur PS case, Nagpur district), 17 March 2006
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Head Constable, Bhiwapur Police Station, Nagpur district (r/o Kanhan)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- 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): “In the light of the above, the appeal is devoid of merits and liable to be dismissed and the same is dismissed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI (ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2))
- Present status of the proceedings: The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/81769641/); [Appellate judgment](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/81769641/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/trial-court/t2w3-29-009)

## At a glance

- Category: Bribery & extortion
- Sub-category: bribery pc act
- Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Officers: Police Head Constable, Bhiwapur Police Station, Nagpur district (r/o Kanhan)
- Sentence: 1 year RI (ss.7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2))
- Verification: V2 · Trial court