Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: (2016) 03 KL CK 0089
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CW-2016-0020Kollam, KeralaJudgment 14 March 2016
Pathanapuram Police Head Constable vs State of Kerala
The Kerala High Court (P. Ubaid, J.) confirmed the corruption conviction of Head Constable of Pathanapuram Police Station, caught in a 10 August 2002 VACB trap accepting Rs.1,000 after demanding a bribe to absolve complainant [name withheld] from a criminal case forwarded under Section 156(3) CrPC. The Court held sanction valid, demand proved by the complainant and her son, and acceptance proved with the trap witness plus recovery of phenolphthalein-tainted currency from his table drawer, rejecting the vicious-trap defence. Conviction under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the PC Act, 1988 was confirmed, but the substantive sentence was reduced to the pre-2014 statutory minimum (SI six months under s.7; SI one year under s.13(2)), with the fine maintained and default sentence cut to SI three months. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 14 March 2016 in Crl.A. No. 104 of 2008, the Kerala High Court (Coram: P. Ubaid J., J.) affirmed the conviction of the Head Constable, Pathanapuram Police Station.
- Register number
- KL 02 CW 0007
- Case reference
- Crl.A. No. 104 of 2008 / (2016) 03 KL CK 0089
- Court and date
- Kerala High Court (Coram: P. Ubaid J., J.), 14 March 2016
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Head Constable, Pathanapuram Police Station
- 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)
- “The conviction made by the court below against the appellant under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the P.C. Act is confirmed.” (at para 10)
- 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.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
The Kerala High Court judgment dated 14 March 2016 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.
Evidence position
Recorded allegations
OtherPrimary
Material fact supported
Reliable material supports a specifically documented fact relevant to that allegation, not necessarily the full allegation, causation, intent, unlawfulness, or responsibility.
Official finding: supports allegation.
Attributed to the court
What the court found
Holding not recorded separately.
“The conviction made by the court below against the appellant under Sections 7 and 13(2) of the P.C. Act is confirmed.” (para 10)
Separate from verification
Institutional response
14 Mar 2016
Order issued
ConcludedThe Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: (2016) 03 KL CK 0089
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Follow-up history
19 Sep 2026
(Round-8 full re-verification: published record re-checked against the judgment text (outcome, officers, quote, key facts) plus methodology-compliance pass; skills-guided adversarial re-verification of the published record against the judgment text (reverify/t1-*/adversarial-8.jsonl))
Corrections (0): No corrections recorded.
Review: Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded.