# State v. Tamil Nadu Police Assistant Commissioner of Police

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## Report card

By judgment dated 13 April 2023 in Criminal Appeal No. 443 of 2014, the Madras High Court (Coram: G. Jayachandran, J.) recorded the conviction of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Tamil Nadu Police (ACP Madurai).

- Register number: TN 57 CW 0021
- Case reference: Criminal Appeal No. 443 of 2014
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: G. Jayachandran, J.), 13 April 2023
- Officer(s) at the material time: Assistant Commissioner of Police, Tamil Nadu Police (ACP Madurai)
- Present service status: Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked: Section 13(1)(e) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract): “Accordingly, this Criminal Appeal is allowed and order of acquittal passed by the trial Court in C.C.No.82 of 2011 (Old C.C.No.02 of 2008) dated 20.02.2014, is set aside. The accused is found guilty of the offence under Section 13(2) r/w …” (at para 42)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court.
- 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://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/thirusvasanthakumar-1492469.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2023-0008)

**Record:** CW-2023-0008 (compiler id CWC-0438); case SWBRIBER-011
**Title:** State v. Tamil Nadu Police Assistant Commissioner of Police
**Court:** Madras High Court; judges: G. Jayachandran
**Case number / citation:** Criminal Appeal No. 443 of 2014
**Judgment:** 2023-04-13 (2023, day precision)
**Incident date:** 1991-01-01 (1991)
**Place:** Madurai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Madurai; police station or unit: Assistant Commissioner of Police, Madurai (formerly ACP (Crime), Thirumangalam, Chennai); force: state_police
**Category:** Other misconduct
**Sub-category:** other
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(e) r/w s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Commissioner of Police, Tamil Nadu Police (ACP Madurai) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Not stated (0 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** None ordered

The Madras High Court allowed the State's appeal under Section 378 CrPC and set aside the 20 February 2014 acquittal by the Special Court for PC Act Cases, Chennai (C.C. 82/2011), convicting Assistant Commissioner of Police \[name withheld\] under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court found that while serving as ACP, Madurai, he held assets disproportionate to his known sources of income during the check period from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 2000, with acquired wealth of about Rs. 24.9 lakh against likely savings of about Rs. 13.5 lakh. It held the trial court had proceeded on a wrong presumption and that the unexplained excessive assets brought his misconduct within Section 13(1)(e). The accused was directed to appear on 19 April 2023 for hearing on sentence; the sentence order is not on record. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Accordingly, this Criminal Appeal is allowed and order of acquittal passed by the trial Court in C.C.No.82 of 2011 (Old C.C.No.02 of 2008) dated 20.02.2014, is set aside. The accused is found guilty of the offence under Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

**Sources (2):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/thirusvasanthakumar-1492469.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/prevention-of-corruption-act-misconduct-of-public-servant-1472581)
**Verification:** V2 · Externally reported
**Review:** Solo Staff combined review (one combined attestation) — not yet recorded
**admin category:** corruption
**admin subcategory:** other
**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:** 42
**display title redacted:** State v. Tamil Nadu Police Assistant Commissioner of Police
**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': '2023-04-13', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Madras High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Madras High Court entered convictions against police personnel in this judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': 'Criminal Appeal No. 443 of 2014', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/thirusvasanthakumar-1492469.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/prevention-of-corruption-act-misconduct-of-public-servant-1472581', 'link_checked': None}
**retracted:** {"is_retracted": false}
**service:** police
**source assessment:** {"established": null, "basis": null}
**status:** current
**subcategory display:** other
**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:** Madras HC judgment PDF verified; acquittal set aside, ACP convicted of disproportionate assets; subcategory corrected to other.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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