# Sathyamangalam Police Sub-Inspector v. State by Public Prosecutor

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## Report card

By judgment dated 4 May 2009 in Criminal Appeal No. 402 of 2002, the Supreme Court of India (Coram: Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain, M.K. Sharma, JJ.) affirmed the conviction of 2 police personnel, namely: Subbu Singh (Sub-Inspector); Police personnel.

- Register number: TN 28 CW 0001
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 402 of 2002 / (2009) 6 SCC 462
- Court and date: Supreme Court of India (Coram: Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain, M.K. Sharma, JJ.), 4 May 2009
- Officer(s) at the material time: Subbu Singh (Sub-Inspector); Police personnel
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 read with Section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “The accused was a police officer who knew the consequences of the bribe. He had not explained as to why he took up the money in his examination under Section 313 of the Code.” (at para 12)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- Present status of the proceedings: No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1313476/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2009-0004)

**Record:** CW-2009-0004 (compiler id CWC-0444); case SWBRIBER-018
**Title:** Sathyamangalam Police Sub-Inspector v. State by Public Prosecutor
**Court:** Supreme Court of India; judges: Arijit Pasayat; D.K. Jain; M.K. Sharma
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 402 of 2002 / (2009) 6 SCC 462
**Judgment:** 2009-05-04 (2009, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-07-06 (1991)
**Place:** Erode, Tamil Nadu; city town: Sathyamangalam; police station or unit: Sathyamangalam Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7 r/w s.12; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d) r/w s.12
**Officers (gated display forms):** Subbu Singh (Sub-Inspector); Police personnel (1 in record)
**Victims:** Sathyamangalam man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court's reversal of acquittal and conviction of Sub-Inspector Subbu Singh, who had demanded Rs.500 through his friend \[name withheld\] from the family of an assault victim before allowing hospital treatment, accepting Rs.100. The Court held that an experienced police officer's unexplained taking of money, coupled with his failure to act against the alleged bribe-giver, proved guilt beyond doubt. It left the minimum sentences of six months (Section 7) and one year's rigorous imprisonment (Section 13) undisturbed and ordered surrender to custody. The co-accused \[name withheld\]'s acquittal was not interfered with. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The accused was a police officer who knew the consequences of the bribe. He had not explained as to why he took up the money in his examination under Section 313 of the Code.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1313476/)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** bribery_pc_act
**allegations:** {'category': 'Other', 'primary': True, 'position': 'Material fact supported', 'position_explainer': 'Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.', 'official_finding_relation': 'supports allegation'}
**anonymised:** False
**court quote para:** 12
**display title redacted:** Sathyamangalam Police Sub-Inspector v. State by Public Prosecutor
**followup history:** {'date': '2026-09-19', 'scope': 'Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass', 'method': 'skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl)', 'result': 'wrong_facts', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Supreme Court of India judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '(2009) 6 SCC 462', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2009-05-04', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Supreme Court of India', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '(2009) 6 SCC 462', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1313476/', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** bribery pc act
**tier:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**tier badge:** Externally reported
**tier history:** Tier A — Externally reported or officially recorded
**verdict:** accept
**verdict note:** SC judgment text verified; SI bribe-via-intermediary conviction by HC upheld, surrender ordered.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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