Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: AIRONLINE 2019 MAD 759
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CW-2019-0002Theni, Tamil NaduJudgment 19 February 2019
B. Thiagarajan vs State, Rep. by the [name withheld], Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Wing, Theni
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the criminal appeal of Grade-I Police Constable B. Thiagarajan and affirmed his conviction under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. While posted at the Andipatti check post in Theni district, the officer intercepted two motorists on a motorcycle, seized their vehicle documents and mobile phone, and demanded an illegal gratification of Rs 1,000 under threat of a hefty fine. Following a trap laid by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption wing, the officer was caught red-handed accepting the phenolphthalein-treated notes. Justice M. Dhandapani held that the prosecution established the charges beyond reasonable doubt through consistent witness testimony and chemical analysis, confirming the sentence of one year simple imprisonment. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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By judgment dated 19 February 2019 in Crl.A.(MD) No. 133 of 2013, the Madras High Court (Coram: M. Dhandapani, J., J.) affirmed the conviction of the B. Thiagarajan (Grade-I Constable).
- Register number
- TN 60 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Crl.A.(MD) No. 133 of 2013 / AIRONLINE 2019 MAD 759
- Court and date
- Madras High Court (Coram: M. Dhandapani, J., J.), 19 February 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- B. Thiagarajan (Grade-I Constable)
- 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)
- “this Court finds no merit in the appeal and hence, Criminal Appeal is dismissed and the conviction and sentence dated 19.04.2013, passed in Special Case No. 94 of 2011, by the learned Special Judge for Trial of Prevention of Corruption …” (at para 13)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 1.0 years.
- 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 Madras High Court judgment dated 19 February 2019 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.
“this Court finds no merit in the appeal and hence, Criminal Appeal is dismissed and the conviction and sentence dated 19.04.2013, passed in Special Case No. 94 of 2011, by the learned Special Judge for Trial of Prevention of Corruption …” (para 13)
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Institutional response
19 Feb 2019
Order issued
ConcludedThe Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: AIRONLINE 2019 MAD 759
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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.