State vs Gandhinagar Police Jamadar (Police)
[name withheld] [name withheld], the police officer handling a December 1985 field-quarrel complaint (ss.323/506(2) IPC) at Dabhoda Police Station, who demanded and accepted Rs.600 from complainant [name withheld] for acting on the complaint, was convicted on 01.09.1992 by the Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural) in Special Case No.5 of 1987 under s.5(1)(d)/5(2) of the PC Act 1947 (6 months RI + Rs.700 fine). Co-accused2 (Mukhi/police patel of village Magodi) was acquitted at trial. The Gujarat High Court (C.K. Buch, 29.03.2007) confirmed the conviction and fine but reduced the substantive sentence to 1 month RI.
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 1 September 1992, the Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural) (Special Case No.5 of 1987) convicted the Jamadar (Police), Dabhoda Police Station area, Gandhinagar district (Ahmedabad Rural jurisdiction).
- Register number
- GJ 18 CW 0003
- Case reference
- State vs Gandhinagar Police Jamadar (Police); reported in the judgment of the Gujarat High Court
- Court and date
- The Special Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural) (Special Case No.5 of 1987), 1 September 1992
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Jamadar (Police), Dabhoda Police Station area, Gandhinagar district (Ahmedabad Rural jurisdiction)
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947; Section 161 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “In the result, the present Criminal Appeal is partly allowed. The appellant accused now shall undergo R/I for 1 month.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 6 months RI at trial; reduced on appeal to 1 month RI
- 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 (Rural) (Special Case No.5 of 1987) convicted the accused police personnel on 1 September 1992. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 6 months RI at trial; reduced on appeal to 1 month RI
Sections: PC Act 1947 s.5(1)(d) r/w s.5(2); IPC s.161
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text