# Ernakulam Police Police Constable vs State Of Kerala

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## Report card

By judgment dated 21 March 2018 in Crl.A. Nos. 1848 & 1947 of 2011, the Kerala High Court (Coram: P. Ubaid, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Police Constable, Ernakulam Central Police Station.

- Register number: KL 07 CW 0009
- Case reference: Crl.A. Nos. 1848 & 1947 of 2011
- Court and date: Kerala High Court (Coram: P. Ubaid, J.), 21 March 2018
- Officer(s) at the material time: Police Constable, Ernakulam Central Police Station
- 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): “The conviction against the 1st accused under Section 7 of the P.C.Act, and under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the P.C.Act will stand confirmed in appeal. However, the jail sentence imposed by the court below under Section 13(2) …” (at para 19)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 0.5 years.
- 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/14100105/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2018-0005)

**Record:** CW-2018-0005 (compiler id CWC-0210); case KERALA-010
**Title:** Ernakulam Police Police Constable vs State Of Kerala
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: P. Ubaid
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A. Nos. 1848 & 1947 of 2011
**Judgment:** 2018-03-21 (2018, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2007-02-01 (2007)
**Place:** Ernakulam, Kerala; city town: Ernakulam; police station or unit: Ernakulam Central 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):** Police Constable, Ernakulam Central Police Station (1 in record)
**Victims:** Ernakulam man; Ernakulam man (2 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 0.5 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. The 1st accused, a constable of Ernakulam Central Police Station, demanded Rs 25,000 from mobile-recharge trader \[name withheld\] over telephone from 23 January 2007, threatening to arraign him in the Crime 53/2007 theft case, and was trapped by VACB on 1 February 2007 accepting Rs 15,000 in tainted currency at the complainant's shop; demand was proved through the complainant's advocate-relative and acceptance by trap witnesses with phenolphthalein tests. The Special Court convicted all three accused, but the Kerala High Court held there was no demand or conspiracy proof against the ASI (A3) and the Mulavukadu constable (A2), who had merely counted the notes, and acquitted them. The court confirmed the 1st accused's conviction under Sections 7 and 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the PC Act, reducing only the Section 13 jail term to six months rigorous imprisonment with fines maintained. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> The conviction against the 1st accused under Section 7 of the P.C.Act, and under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the P.C.Act will stand confirmed in appeal. However, the jail sentence imposed by the court below under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the P.C.Act will stand reduced to rigorous imprisonment for six months.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/14100105/)
**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:** 19
**display title redacted:** Ernakulam Police Police Constable 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': \['court_quote_para'\]}
**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. Nos. 1848 & 1947 of 2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2018-03-21', '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. Nos. 1848 & 1947 of 2011', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/14100105/', '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 HC single judge confirmed ss.7 and 13 PC Act conviction of Ernakulam Central constable (A1) for Rs 15,000 trap bribe with 6 months RI, while acquitting the ASI (A3) and Mulavukadu constable (A2) for want of demand/conspiracy proof.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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