# Lakshadweep Police Sub Inspector of Police vs State of Kerala

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## Report card

By judgment dated 11 March 2010 in Crl.A. No. 379 of 2003, the Kerala High Court (Coram: V. Ramkumar, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Sub Inspector of Police, Lakshadweep Police Special Branch Office, Cochin.

- Register number: KL 07 CW 0005
- Case reference: Crl.A. No. 379 of 2003 / 2010 (1) KLD 581
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: V. Ramkumar, J.), 11 March 2010
- Officer(s) at the material time: Sub Inspector of Police, Lakshadweep Police Special Branch Office, Cochin
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “After a careful re-appraisal of the oral and documentary evidence and after hearing both sides, I have no hesitation to conclude that the conviction against the appellant was rightly recorded by the trial judge. I, therefore, confirm the conviction recorded …” (at para 17)
- 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://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/557738/joseph-james-jose-appellant-hash-state-of-kerala-respondent/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2010-0024)

**Record:** CW-2010-0024 (compiler id CWC-1237); case GAP3-67-001
**Title:** Lakshadweep Police Sub Inspector of Police vs State of Kerala
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: V. Ramkumar
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. No. 379 of 2003 / 2010 (1) KLD 581
**Judgment:** 2010-03-11 (2010, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1999-03-15 (1999)
**Place:** Ernakulam, Kerala; city town: Kochi; police station or unit: Lakshadweep Police Special Branch Office, Cochin; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Sub Inspector of Police, Lakshadweep Police Special Branch Office, Cochin (1 in record)
**Victims:** Kochi man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. Sub Inspector of the Lakshadweep Police Special Branch at Cochin demanded Rs.250 from labour contractor \[name withheld\] for issuing the police clearance certificate needed for a Minicoy Island entry permit, and accepted it in a CBI trap in March 1999. The Special Judge (SPE/CBI-II), Ernakulam convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the PC Act, sentencing him to 6 months and 1 year's rigorous imprisonment with fines. The Kerala High Court held the prosecution proved demand and acceptance through testimony, contemporaneous mahazars, the phenolphthalein test and the accused's conduct. The court dismissed the appeal confirming conviction and sentence, observing the trial judge had erred, if at all, on the side of leniency.

> After a careful re-appraisal of the oral and documentary evidence and after hearing both sides, I have no hesitation to conclude that the conviction against the appellant was rightly recorded by the trial judge. I, therefore, confirm the conviction recorded by the court below against the appellant for offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the P.C. Act.

**Sources (2):** [courtkutchehry.com](https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/557738/joseph-james-jose-appellant-hash-state-of-kerala-respondent/); [casemine.com](https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/575fd26a607dba63d7e69016)
**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:** 17
**display title redacted:** Lakshadweep Police Sub Inspector of Police vs State of Kerala
**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': 'holds', 'corrections_applied': \[\]}
**followup status:** checked
**institutional response:** {'date': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2010 (1) KLD 581', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2010-03-11', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2010 (1) KLD 581', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.courtkutchehry.com/judgements/557738/joseph-james-jose-appellant-hash-state-of-kerala-respondent/', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/575fd26a607dba63d7e69016', '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:** HC judgment verified on CourtKutchehry (casemine 403); PC Act bribery conviction of SI confirmed.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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