STATE OF GUJARAT HOME DEPARTMENT vs BHARATKUMAR RAMNIKLAL SHAH — Crl.A. No. 1030/2015

Case under 1503Comp-criminal Law : Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Lokayukta Act of Different States(matters Filed by the State Government/complainant Against Acquittals or Reduction of Sentence) Section II-E. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010132652013

Filing Date

23-Apr-2013

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 1030/2015

Diary Number

13265/2013

Order Date

21-Aug-2025

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 06-Jul-2026

Acts & Sections

1503COMP-Criminal Law : Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Lokayukta Act of different States(Matters filed by the State Government/Complainant against acquittals or reduction of sentence) Section II-E

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF GUJARAT HOME DEPARTMENT

    Adv. SWATI GHILDIYAL [P-1]

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.BHARATKUMAR RAMNIKLAL SHAH

    Adv. PURVISH JITENDRA MALKAN (Dead / Retired / Elevated)

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 21-Aug-2025

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  3. 21-Aug-2025

    Ordinary

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K. Vinod Chandran

  4. 06-Oct-2016

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  5. 06-Oct-2016

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  6. 06-Oct-2016

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  7. 29-Aug-2016

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  8. 29-Aug-2016

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  9. 29-Aug-2016

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  10. 05-Aug-2015

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  11. 05-Aug-2015

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  12. 16-Feb-2015

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  13. 16-Feb-2015

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  14. 13-Feb-2015

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  15. 31-Oct-2014

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  16. 30-Jan-2014

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  17. 29-Nov-2013

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  18. 30-Oct-2013

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  19. 26-Aug-2013

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  20. 05-Jul-2013

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  21. 09-May-2013

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  22. 23-Apr-2013

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 1030/2015

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Summary of State of Gujarat v. Bharatkumar Ramniklal Shah (Crl.A. 1030/2015) The Supreme Court dismissed Gujarat's appeal against the High Court's acquittal of Executive Engineer Bharatkumar Shah of corruption charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court found no tape-recorded evidence of demand, no corroborating independent evidence, and no specific complainant statement proving Shah demanded Rs. 400 for releasing a Rs. 3,900 cheque. Given the incident occurred in 1989 (36 years prior), the court upheld the High Court's acquittal as a plausible view supported by the evidence record. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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