Railway Protection Force Western Railway

RPF is a statutory Force constituted under the Railway Protection Force Act 1957. It is an Armed Force of the Union.

• To remove any obstruction in the movement of railway property.
• To perform other functions of an armed force of the Union and to exercise powers of a railway servant as conferred by or under the Indian Railways Act, 1890."
• To identify potential situations where crime can take place (against railway property, be it static, in-transit or mobile) and effect remedial measures.
• Facilitate passenger-travel and security by removing all anti-social elements from trains, railway premises and passenger area.
• Remain vigilant to prevent trafficking in women and children and take appropriate action to rehabilitate destitute children found in Railway areas.
• Co-operate with other departments of the Railways in improving the efficiency and image of the Indian Railways.
• Act as a bridge between the Government Railway Police/local police and the Railway administration.
• Adopt proactively all modern technology, best human rights practices, management techniques and special measures for protection of female and elderly passengers and children, in the pursuit of these objectives.

To register and take up enquires under the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966, apprehend the offenders & participate in subsequent legal proceedings.

DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF THE FORCE AS PER SECTION 11 OF RPF ACT 1957 AMENDED 2003.

(A) Promptly to obey and execute all orders lawfully issued to him by his Superior Authority.     

(B) To protect and safeguard Railway Property, Passenger Area and Passengers,         

(C) To remove any obstruction in the movement of Railway Property or Passenger Area.

(D)To do any other act conducive to the better protection and security of Railway Property,
Passenger Area and Passengers.

MISSION STATEMENT--------------We shall

·Protect and safeguard Railway Passengers, Passenger area and Railway property.

·Ensure the safety, security and boost the confidence of the traveling public on the Indian Railways.

 OBJECTIVES-----------------------We shall

·Carry on an unrelenting fight against criminals in protecting Railway Passengers, Passenger area and Railway property.

·Facilitate passenger-travel and security by removing all anti-social elements from trains, railway premises and passenger area.

·Remain vigilant to prevent trafficking in women and children and take appropriate action to rehabilitate destitute children found in Railway area.

·Co-operate with other departments of the Railways in improving the efficiency and image of the Indian Railways.

·Act as a bridge between the Government Railway Police/Local Police and the Railway Administration.

·Adopt pro-actively all modern technology, best human rights practices, management Techniques and special measures for protection of female and elderly passengers and children, in the pursuit of these objectives. 

The information concerning to theft and pilferage of Railway property, Railway Material etc. may be given to any of the following officers in personally or by telephone or by post, such information will be treated as strictly confidential. The information will be rewarded if the information leads to recovery of substantial amount of property and conviction of criminals.

 

PUBLIC SERVICE (यात्री सेवाए)

List of Sr. Divisional Security Commissioners, Divisional Security Commissioners and Security Commissioners and their Phone numbers at Divisional level.

S.NO.(क्र.स )	DIVISION( मंडल )	NAME & DESIGNATION ( नाम व् पदनाम )	TELEPHONE NUMBER(दूरभाष नंबर )
1.	MUMBAI (मुंबई )	SHRI VEENIT KHARB, SR.DSC श्री. वीनित खरभ, वरिष्ठ मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त	23080700
2.	VADODARA (वड़ोदरा )	SHRI R.S. SINGH, DSC श्री.राम शंकर सिंह मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त	26502650
3.	AHMEDABAD (अहमदाबाद )	SHRI I. IBRAHIM SHERIFF, SR. DSC श्री.ए .इब्राहिम शरीफ, वरिष्ठ मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त	22205200
4.	RATLAM (रतलाम )	SHRI MITHUN SONI, SR.DSC श्री. मिथुन सोनी, वरिष्ठमंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त	235853
5.	RAJKOT (राजकोट )	SHRI PAWAN SRIVASTAV, DSC श्री. पवन श्रीवास्तव, मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त	2476762
6.	BHAVNAGAR (भावनगर )	SHRI RAMRAJ MEENA SR.DSC श्रीरामराज मीणा वरिष्ठ मंडल सुरक्षा आयुक्त	2445620

Railway Protection Force Assistance Booth renders service to the traveling public by way of providing information about running of trains, local hospitals, hotels, tourist places etc.

Details of "May I Help You" Booths over Western Railway (रेलवे सुरक्षा बल सहायता बूथ)

DIVISION- मंडल	RPF ASSISTANCE BOOTHS- रेलवे सुरक्षा बलसहायता बूथ
MUMBAI-मुंबई	MUMBAI CENTRAL STATION, CHURCHGATE, BANDRA TERMINUS, मुंबई सेंट्रल स्टेशन, चर्चगेट, बान्द्रा टर्मिनस.
RATLAM- रतलाम	RATLAM STATION, रतलामस्टेशन
AHMEDABAD- अहमदाबाद	AHMEDABAD STATION, अहमदाबादस्टेशन
RAJKOT-राजकोट	JAMNAGAR STATION, जामनगर स्टेशन
BHAVNAGAR- भावनगर	BHAVNAGAR TERMINUS, भावनगर टर्मिनस

 

 

Foreign/Domestic tours of PCSC/WR
Note:- Compliance with the proactive Discloser u/s 4 of the RTI Act by the Public Authorities
Year	Place Visited	The period of visit	The number of members in the official delegation	Expenditure on the visit
2020	No	No	No	No
2021	New Delhi	1 Day	Self	12318 /-
01/02-12-2021	New Delhi	2 Day	Self	14418 /-
3/03-03-2022	New Delhi	3 Day	Self	13356 /-
03/04-03-2022	New Delhi	2 Day	Self	14838 /-
16/18-05-2022	New Delhi	3 day	Self	16308 /-
25/28-05-2022	New Delhi	4 Day	Self	17358 /
22/24-08-2022	New Delhi	3 Day	Self	17148/-
19/21-09-2022	Lucknow	3 Day	Self	13737 /-
27-09-2022	New Delhi	1 Day	Self	17148/-
27-09-2022	Jaipur	4 Day	Self	13314/-
27/28-02-2023	Bhopal	2 Day	Self	16282/-
02/03.03.2023	New Delhi	2 Day	Self	24076/-

 

LEGAL POWERS OF RPF

A)Powers under RPF Act 1957 (Amendment 2003)

Section 12 – Powers to arrest without warrant: -

Any member of the Force may, without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest:

(i)    Any person, who voluntarily  causes hurt to, or attempts voluntarily to cause hurt to, or wrongfully restraints or attempts wrongfully to restraint, or assaults, threatens to assault, or uses or threatens or attempts to use, criminal force to him or any other member of the Force in the execution of his duty as such member, or with intent to prevent or to deter him from discharging his duty as such members or in consequence or anything done or attempted to be done by him in the lawful discharge of his duty as such member; or

(ii)   Any person who has been concerned in or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been concerned in, or who is found taking precautions to conceal his presence under circumstances which afford reason to believe that he is taking such precautions with a view to committing a cognizable offence which relates to railway property, passenger area and passengers.

(iii)   Any person found taking precautions to conceal his presence within the railway limits under circumstances which afford reason to believe that he is taking such precautions with a view to committing theft of, or damage to railway property, passenger area and passengers.

(iv)   Any person who commits or attempts to commit a cognizable offence which involves or which is likely to involve imminent danger to the life of any person engaged in carrying on any work relating to railway property, passenger area and passengers.  

Section 13 - Powers to search without warrant: -

1.   Whenever any member of the Force, not below the rank of a Senior Rakshak, has reason to believe that any such offence as is referred to in section 12 has been or is being committed and that a search warrant cannot be obtained without affording the offender an opportunity of escaping or of concealing evidence of the offence he may detain him and search his person and belongings forthwith and, if he thinks proper arrest any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed the offence.

2.  The provision of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 relating to searches under that Code shall, so far as May, be applied to searches under this section.

B. Powers under Railway Act 1989 (Amended 2003) with effect from 01.07.2004

Any member of the Force can detect & prosecute any who violates the provision of Railway Acts for the following offences.

I
I	Section	137	Fraudulently Traveling Without Proper Pass Or Ticket.
II	Section	138	Levy of Excess Charges and Fare for Traveling Without Ticket.
III	Section	139	Power To Remove Persons Failing Or Refusing To Pay The Fare.
IV	Section	141	Needlessly Interfering With Means Of Communications.
V	Section	142	Penalty For Transfer Of Tickets.
VI	Section	143	Penalty For Unauthorized Selling Of Tickets.
II
I	Section	144	Unauthorized Hawking And Begging.
II	Section	145	Drunkenness Or Nuisance.
III	Section	146	Obstructing Railway Servant In His Duty.
IV	Section	147	Trespass.
IV	Section	153	Endangering Safety Of Traveling Passengers By Railway By Willful Act Or Omission.
VI	Section	154	Endangering Safety Of Traveling Passengers By Negligent Act Or Omission.
III
I	Section	155	Entering Into Reserved Compartment Or Resisting Entry To A Reserved Compartment.
II	Section	156	Traveling On Roof, Steps Or Engine Of A Train.
III	Section	157	Altering Or Defacing By Pass Or Ticket.
IV	Section	159	Disobedience By Drivers Or Conductors Of Vehicles To Directions Of Railway Servants.
V	Section	160	Opening Or Breaking A Level Crossing Gate.
VI	Section	161	Negligently Crossing Unmanned Level Crossing.
IV
I	Section	162	Entering Carriage Or Place Reserved For Females.
II	Section	163	Giving False Accounts Of Goods.
III	Section	164	Unlawfully Bringing Dangerous Goods On Railways.
IV	Section	165	Unlawfully Bringing Offensive Goods On A Railway.
V	Section	166	Defacing Public Notices.
VI	Section	167	Smoking.
V
I	Section	172	Penalty For Intoxication.
II	Section	173	Abandoning Train Etc. Without Authority.
III	Section	174	Obstructing Running Of Trains Etc.
IV	Section	175	Endangering The Safety Of Persons By Disobeying The Rules.
V	Section	176	Obstructing Level Crossing.

The offenders so apprehended/detected and arrested for the above offences shall be prosecuted by the "Authorized Officer"(after investigating the case.

Railway Act cases

Division wise for the year 2021-2022

2021
Division	No. of Persons		Fine Realized (Rs.)	Jail
	Arrested	Convicted
BCT	61003	60118	21062537	42
BRC	15249	13798	3166400	5
ADI	13629	13051	3193130	2
RTM	1220	11880	2479130	3
RJT	6036	5093	661150	18
BVP	4825	4039	701090	2
TOTAL	101962	107979	31263437	72

 

2022
Division	No. of Persons		Fine Realized (Rs.)	Jail
	Arrested	Convicted
BCT	83016	82617	32138095	53
BRC	26327	24647	4220660	5
ADI	20179	20024	4347450	22
RTM	23339	23225	4932390	2
RJT	8254	7980	1292050	1
BVP	8081	7786	1418920	1
TOTAL	169196	166279	48349565	84

Railway Act Total Summary 2021, 2022

Summary
Years	No. of Persons		Fine Realized (Rs.)	Jail
	Arrested	Convicted
2021	101962	107979	31263437	72
2022	169196	166279	48349565	84

Action taken against touts.

Year	No of case Register	No of person Arrested	No of the ticket seized		Value of ticket seized.		No of IRCTC U- IDs blocked
			Future journey	Past journey	Future journey	Past journey
2021	684	734	3195	12068	5342831	16129948	3397
2022	629	761	7775	77283	18461215	307881787	81148

Powers under "Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966"

The member of the Force can apprehend/detect a person:
Section 3 -Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation or unlawful possession of Railway property:  Whoever commits theft, or dishonestly misappropriates or is found, or is proved to have been in possession of any railway property reasonably suspected of having been stolen or unlawfully obtained shall, unless he proves that the railway property came into his possession lawfully, be punishable –

(a) for the first offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both and in the absence of special and adequate reasons to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, such imprisonment shall not be less than one year and such fine shall not be less than one thousand rupees.

(b) for the second or a subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years and also with fine and in the absence of special and adequate reasons to be mentioned in the judgment of the court, such imprisonment shall not be less than two years and such fine shall not be less than two thousand rupees.

          Explanation: For the purposes of this section, “theft” and “dishonest misappropriation” shall have the same meaning as assigned to them respectively in section 378 and section 403 of the Indian Penal Code.

Section 4 - Punishment for abetment, conspiracy or connivance at offences: Whoever abets or conspires in the commission of an offence punishable under this Act, or any owner or occupier of land or building, or any agent of such owner or occupier in-charge of the management of that land or building, who willfully connives at an offence against the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both.

 Explanation: - For the purposes of this section, the words “abet” and “conspire” shall have the same meanings as assigned to them respectively in section 107 and 120A of Indian Penal Code.

PERFORMANCE OF RPF OVER WESTERN RAILWAY FOR THE YEAR, 2021& 2022

No. of cases registered under Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act

A. Booked Consignment
Year	No of cases registered		Total No of cases detected			Value of property stolen		Value of property recovered			persons arrested
2021	23		20			418450		380450			54
2022	25		21			660779		590499			98
B.  Railway Material
Year		No of cases registered		Total No of cases detected			Value of property stolen		Value of property recovered	persons arrested
2021		276		264			6080873		5870549	775
2022		424		404			5616041		4891639	1075
C.  Booked Consignment +Railway Material (Total of A&B)
Year		No of cases registered		Total No of cases detected	Value of property stolen				Value of property recovered	persons arrested
2021		299		284	6499323				6250999	829
2022		449		425	6276820				5482138	1173

 

Apart from above task RPF Western Railway performed various Social commendable job by helping passengers Rescue of Minors.

Years	No. of Rescue
	Boys	Girls
2021	385	212
2022	649	325

 

Recovery of Passengers Left behind Property
Years	Recovered Property
	No. of Articles	Value in Rs.
2021	1318	25784852
2022	2605	53403977

Arrest of Criminals involved in crime against Passengers by RPF
Years	Criminals handed over to GRP
2021	263
2022	556

 

Arrest under other IPC Crime & other Acts by RPF
Year	Criminals handed over to GRP					Value of Recovered Items.
	Liquor	Gutkha	Ganja	Charas	Drug	Liquor	Gutkha	Ganja	Charas	Drug
2021	350	9	10	3	03	1999516	639725	2707470	250000	3.0 Cr
2022	425	21	14	1	0	155675	2826191	2135770	200000	0