CW-2020-0019Salem, Tamil NaduJudgment 19 June 2020

J. Leela v. State rep. by [name withheld], Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Dharmapuri

The judgment of the Madras High Court records the following account. DVAC Dharmapuri charge-sheeted Tamil Nadu cadre officer, who rose from DSP to Inspector General of Police, Salem Zone, for holding about Rs.33.58 lakh in assets disproportionate to his known income during the check period 01.01.1998-30.06.2001. The Special Court for Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Cases, Madurai convicted him on 30.03.2012 under section 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of the PC Act, 1988, sentencing him to 3 years rigorous imprisonment and a Rs.10,000 fine, while acquitting four family co-accused. He appealed in 2012, died during pendency, and his widow [name withheld] was substituted on 26.11.2014 to continue the appeal. On 19.06.2020 the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court held the prosecution had proved the disproportion beyond reasonable doubt and confirmed the conviction, though the custodial sentence stood abated on the appellant's death. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

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By judgment dated 19 June 2020 in Crl.A.(MD) No.76 of 2012 with Crl.M.P.(MD) No.10840 of 2019, the Madras High Court (Coram: P. Velmurugan, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Inspector General of Police, Tamil Nadu Police, Salem Zone.

Register number
TN 27 CW 0008
Case reference
Crl.A.(MD) No.76 of 2012 with Crl.M.P.(MD) No.10840 of 2019
Court and date
Madras High Court (Coram: P. Velmurugan, J.), 19 June 2020
Officer(s) at the material time
Inspector General of Police, Tamil Nadu Police, Salem Zone
Present service status
Not ascertained from the cited sources.
Provisions invoked
Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Finding of the Court (extract)
“A careful reading of the grounds of the appeal and also the submissions made by both the counsel and also a careful reading of the oral and documentary evidence, this court is of the view that the trial Court has …” (at para 19)
Verdict, sentence and quantum
Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; maximum substantive term of 3 years.
Present status of the proceedings
No further proceedings are recorded in the cited sources; the judgment is the concluded position shown.

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The Madras High Court judgment dated 19 June 2020 is the concluded position shown in the cited sources.

Recorded allegations

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Material fact supported

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Official finding: supports allegation.

What the court found

Holding not recorded separately.

“A careful reading of the grounds of the appeal and also the submissions made by both the counsel and also a careful reading of the oral and documentary evidence, this court is of the view that the trial Court has …” (para 19)

Institutional response

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Date not established

Conviction

Concluded
Trial court (as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment) External · Binding

The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Madras High Court judgment.

Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: Crl.A.(MD) No.76 of 2012 with Crl.M.P.(MD) No.10840 of 2019
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19 Jun 2020

Order issued

Concluded
Madras High Court External · Binding

The Madras High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.

Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: Crl.A.(MD) No.76 of 2012 with Crl.M.P.(MD) No.10840 of 2019
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Follow-up history

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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.

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