State vs Ahmedabad Police Writer Constable and others
Writer Constable of Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad, who fetched the complainant to the police station and received the anthracene-treated trap money on the PSI's direction in the February 1963 Anti-Corruption trap, was convicted alongside his PSI on 09.06.1964 by the Special Judge, Ahmedabad under s.161 r/w s.165A IPC and s.5(1)(d)/5(2) of the PC Act 1947 and sentenced to 2.5 years' RI with Rs.1,000 fine. The Gujarat High Court (10.09.1965) and the Supreme Court (19.04.1968, AIR 1968 SC 1323) both dismissed the appeals and confirmed the conviction and sentence.
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 10 September 1965, the Special Judge, Ahmedabad convicted the Writer Constable, Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad.
- Register number
- GJ 01 CW 0004
- Case reference
- State vs Ahmedabad Police Writer Constable and others; reported in the judgment of the Gujarat High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge, Ahmedabad, 10 September 1965
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Writer Constable, Navrangpura Police Station, Ahmedabad
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 161 read with Section 165A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In the result therefore the appeal is dismissed. The convictions and sentences are confirmed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 2.5 years rigorous imprisonment
- 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.
Special Judge, Ahmedabad convicted the accused police personnel on 10 September 1965. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 2.5 years rigorous imprisonment
Sections: IPC s.161 r/w s.165A; PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d) r/w s.5(2)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text