# Raghavan vs State Of Kerala

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## Report card

By judgment dated 23 June 2017 in Crl.A. No. 263 of 2011, the Kerala High Court (Coram: P. Ubaid, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Raghavan (Sub-Inspector).

- Register number: KL 04 CW 0002
- Case reference: Crl.A. No. 263 of 2011
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: P. Ubaid, J.), 23 June 2017
- Officer(s) at the material time: Raghavan (Sub-Inspector)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “In the result, the conviction against the appellant in C.C 38/2008 made by the court below under Sections 7 and 13 ( 1) (d) read with Section 13 (2) of the P.C Act is confirmed, and the appeal is disposed …” (at para 20)
- 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/58914444/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2017-0005)

**Record:** CW-2017-0005 (compiler id CWC-0212); case KERALA-012
**Title:** Raghavan vs State Of Kerala
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: P. Ubaid
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. No. 263 of 2011
**Judgment:** 2017-06-23 (2017, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2002-11-12 (2002)
**Place:** Alappuzha, Kerala; city town: Vallikunnam; police station or unit: Vallikunnam Police Station; 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(1)(d); PC Act 1988 s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Raghavan (Sub-Inspector) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Vallikunnam 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. Former Sub-Inspector Raghavan of Vallikunnam Police Station was prosecuted for demanding and accepting Rs. 1,000 and a bottle of liquor from complainant \[name withheld\] to settle an assault case. The vigilance team trapped the accused at his residence and recovered the tainted currency and liquor bottle. The Kerala High Court confirmed his conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, holding that demand and acceptance were proved beyond reasonable doubt. Taking into account the officer's age and the lapse of 15 years, the High Court reduced the sentence to the statutory minimum of one year simple imprisonment and fine. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> In the result, the conviction against the appellant in C.C 38/2008 made by the court below under Sections 7 and 13 ( 1) (d) read with Section 13 (2) of the P.C Act is confirmed, and the appeal is disposed of accordingly.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/58914444/)
**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:** 20
**display title redacted:** Raghavan 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': 'Crl.A. No. 263 of 2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2017-06-23', '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': 'Crl.A. No. 263 of 2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/58914444/', '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:** Kerala High Court confirmed the PC Act conviction of former Sub-Inspector Raghavan for demanding and accepting a bribe, reducing the sentence to statutory minimum.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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