As per the website of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Rajasthan, in the year 1957, a separate Anti-Corruption Branch of the Rajasthan Police was established under a Special Inspector General of Police. The office of the Special Inspector-General of Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Jaipur was declared a Police Station by the Government, to be known as the Anti-Corruption Police Station, with its territorial jurisdiction extending over whole of the area of the State of Rajasthan vide notification of the Home Deptt.[A] No. F.14/1/4/HA/57 dated 15.07.1957 [published in Rajasthan Gazette, Extra ordinary, Part-IV[C] dated 15.7.57], in exercise of the powers conferred by clause[s] of Section 4 of the Criminal Procedure Code 1898.
The said website also makes it clear that through another notification No. F.14/1/HA/59 dated 15.07.1957 published on the same day in the Rajasthan Gazette, the Government of Rajasthan in pursuance of clause (P) of Section 4 read with section 156 and 551 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, empowered all officers of and above the rank of Sub-Inspector of police in the Anti Corruption Bureau to exercise the power of an officer-in-charge of a Police Station. The notification empowered the Anti-Corruption Police Station to deal with all cognizable offences relating to bribery and corruption including criminal breach of trust, criminal misappropriation and criminal misconduct in which a public servant was also involved.
Thus, it is clear that the Anti-Corruption Bureau has been declared as a police station having its jurisdiction throughout the state of Rajasthan and all officers (of and above the rank of Sub-Inspector of police in ACB) have been given the power to investigate corruption cases. Since it appears that all these officers are posted in a single police station (i.e., ACB police station) having jurisdiction over Rajasthan as a whole, they may be in a position to trap a public servant anywhere in Rajasthan.
Hope this answers your question. This answer has been given on the basis of the information available in public domain on the official ACB Rajasthan website and it is hoped to be correct. To get more detailed information, you may please contact the ACB Rajasthan through RTI or otherwise.
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