Date not established
Conviction
ConcludedThe trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.
Conviction · Supports allegation.
Source: 2026:KER:20489
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CW-2026-0011Kollam, KeralaJudgment 6 March 2026
Chavara Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (Grade) vs State of Kerala
The judgment of the Kerala High Court records the following account. Entrusted with complainant [name withheld]'s property-dispute complaint, ASI (Grade) [name withheld] of Chavara Police Station demanded Rs 2,000 on 21 April 2009 and accepted it on 24 April 2009 in a vigilance trap, being caught red-handed. The Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram convicted him under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the PC Act 1988. The Kerala High Court rejected defences on sanction validity, witness contradictions and the decoy evidence, holding the ingredients proved beyond reasonable doubt with PW1 corroborated by the decoy witness and vigilance officials. The appeal was allowed in part: the conviction was confirmed but the sentence was reduced to the statutory minimum of six months RI with Rs 5,000 fine and one year RI with Rs 10,000 fine, concurrent.
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Report card
By judgment dated 6 March 2026 in CRL.A No. 1229 of 2014, the Kerala High Court (Coram: A. Badharudeen, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Assistant Sub-Inspector (Grade), Chavara Police Station, Kollam.
- Register number
- KL 02 CW 0015
- Case reference
- CRL.A No. 1229 of 2014 / 2026:KER:20489
- Court and date
- Kerala High Court (Coram: A. Badharudeen, J.), 6 March 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Assistant Sub-Inspector (Grade), Chavara Police Station, Kollam
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “On an overall evaluation of the evidence discussed, the ingredients to constitute offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the PC Act, 1988 have been satisfactorily proved by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubts and thereby the learned …” (at para 25)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment; maximum substantive term of 1 year.
- Present status of the proceedings
- The judgment is recent and may be subject to appeal; the pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Current position
Judgment dated 6 March 2026. This judgment may still be subject to appeal; initiation or pendency of an appeal is not a finding.
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.
“On an overall evaluation of the evidence discussed, the ingredients to constitute offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the PC Act, 1988 have been satisfactorily proved by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubts and thereby the learned …” (para 25)
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Institutional response
6 Mar 2026
Order issued
ConcludedThe Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.
Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card).
Source: 2026:KER:20489
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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.