# The State represented by The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras vs R. Ravichandran

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## Report card

By judgment dated 25 April 2024 in Crl.A.(MD) No. 174 of 2017, the Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J., J.) recorded the conviction of the R. Ravichandran (Special Sub-Inspector of Police).

- Register number: TN 55 CW 0001
- Case reference: Crl.A.(MD) No. 174 of 2017
- Court and date: Madras High Court (Coram: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J., J.), 25 April 2024
- Officer(s) at the material time: R. Ravichandran (Special Sub-Inspector of Police)
- 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): “Accordingly, this Criminal Appeal stands allowed by setting aside the judgment passed by the learned Special Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pudukkottai in Spl.C.C.No.4 of 2013 dated 13.04.2016 and convicting the accused for the offence under section 7, 13(1)(d) r/w …” (at para 55)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum: Conviction entered by High Court. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; 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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/125703209/); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2024-0007)

**Record:** CW-2024-0007 (compiler id CWC-0372); case TAMILN-008
**Title:** The State represented by The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras vs R. Ravichandran
**Court:** Madras High Court; bench: Madurai; judges: K.K. Ramakrishnan, J.
**Case number / citation:** Crl.A.(MD) No. 174 of 2017
**Judgment:** 2024-04-25 (2024, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2012-11-29 (2012)
**Place:** Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu; city town: Viralimalai; police station or unit: Viralimalai Police Station; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction entered by High Court (conviction_by_hc)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d); PC Act 1988 s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** R. Ravichandran (Special Sub-Inspector of Police) (1 in record)
**Victims:** Viralimalai man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** mixed; max 1.0 yrs
**Sentence type:** mixed (mixed)

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court allowed an appeal against acquittal filed by the State, setting aside the trial court's order and convicting Special Sub-Inspector of Police R. Ravichandran under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The officer had demanded and accepted an illegal gratification of Rs 10,000 as monthly mamool from a lorry operator whose vehicles were repeatedly intercepted and targeted by Viralimalai police. Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan held that the trial court erred in disbelieving the trap evidence and the testimony of the shadow witness and complainant. The High Court reversed the acquittal, found the officer guilty, and sentenced him to one year of rigorous imprisonment alongside a fine of Rs 5,000 on each count, ordered to run concurrently. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.

> Accordingly, this Criminal Appeal stands allowed by setting aside the judgment passed by the learned Special Judge and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pudukkottai in Spl.C.C.No.4 of 2013 dated 13.04.2016 and convicting the accused for the offence under section 7, 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

**Sources (1):** [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/125703209/)
**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:** 55
**display title redacted:** The State represented by The Public Prosecutor, High Court, Madras vs R. Ravichandran
**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': '2024-04-25', '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': 'Crl.A.(MD) No. 174 of 2017', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/125703209/', '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:** High Court allowed State appeal against acquittal, convicting Special Sub-Inspector under PC Act for demanding and accepting Rs 10,000 bribe.
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction entered by High Court.

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