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 "verdict_note": "Madurai Special Court convicted SI (17.04.2015); HC dismissed appeal 06.01.2020.",
 "state": "Tamil Nadu",
 "district": "Madurai",
 "court": "Special Court for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai",
 "court_level": "special_acb",
 "trial_court_name": "Special Court for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai",
 "case_title": "State (V&AC Madurai, Cr.No.2/2003) v. Madurai Police Sub-Inspector of Police (A1)",
 "case_number": "Spl.Case No.11 of 2011",
 "conviction_date": "2015-04-17",
 "conviction_year": 2015,
 "date_precision": "day",
 "incident_date": "2003-01-29",
 "incident_year": 2003,
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "raw_subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "outcome_type": "trial_court_conviction",
 "officers": [
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   "rank": "Sub-Inspector of Police (A1)",
   "unit": "Thirumangalam Taluk Police Station, Madurai District",
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 "victims": [
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   "name": null,
   "gender": "female",
   "descriptor": "Madurai woman"
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 "sections": [
  "PC Act 1988 s.7",
  "PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)"
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 "sentence": "1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.7) and 2 years RI + Rs.10,000 fine (s.13), concurrent; tainted notes recovered from behind a diary at the station. A2 (fellow SI) acquitted by trial court. Appeal (Crl.A(MD)No.129/2015) dismissed; conviction and sentence confirmed by Madras HC (Madurai Bench, Justice M. Nirmal Kumar) on 6 January 2020.",
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 "appeal_url": "https://indiankanoon.org/doc/179653898/",
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 "summary": "The Madurai Special Court for PC Act cases on 17 April 2015 convicted Sub-Inspector of Thirumangalam Taluk police station for demanding and accepting a Rs.2,000 bribe in January 2003 to return a cheque to a woman complainant whose family was arrayed in Crime No.3/2003, sentencing him to 1 year RI under PC Act s.7 and 2 years RI under s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2) after tainted notes were recovered from his station diary in a V&AC trap. His fellow Sub-Inspector (A2) was acquitted as he never handled the notes. The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on 6 January 2020 dismissed [name withheld]'s appeal, holding demand, acceptance and recovery clearly proved, and directed the trial court to commit him to prison.",
 "court_quote": "appellant was convicted for the offence under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and sentenced to undergo one year RI and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-",
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 "subcategory_display": "bribery pc act",
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