# Chavara Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (Grade) vs State of Kerala

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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.
- Source orders: [Judgment / order (primary source)](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2033000122920142watermark-1773231.pdf); [Permanent link to this record](https://datalibertarian.in/babuwatch/incident/CW-2026-0011)

**Record:** CW-2026-0011 (compiler id CWC-0203); case KERALA-003; aliases: CWC-1425
**Title:** Chavara Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (Grade) vs State of Kerala
**Court:** Kerala High Court; judges: A. Badharudeen
**Case number / citation:** CRL.A No. 1229 of 2014 / 2026:KER:20489
**Judgment:** 2026-03-06 (2026, day precision)
**Incident date:** 2009-04-21 (2009)
**Place:** Kollam, Kerala; city town: Chavara; police station or unit: Chavara Police Station, Kollam; force: state_police
**Category:** Bribery & extortion
**Sub-category:** bribery pc act
**Outcome:** Conviction upheld (conviction_upheld)
**Sections:** PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)
**Officers (gated display forms):** Assistant Sub-Inspector (Grade), Chavara Police Station, Kollam (1 in record)
**Victims:** Chavara man (1 in record)
**Sentence / compensation:** imprisonment; max 1 yrs
**Sentence type:** imprisonment (imprisonment)

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.

> 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 Special Judge found that the accused committed the said offences.

**Sources (3):** [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2033000122920142watermark-1773231.pdf); [verdictum.in](https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/kerala-high-court/sudarsanan-v-state-of-kerala-crla-no-1229-of-2014-bribery-asi-demand-acceptance-1609517); [indiankanoon.org](https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51148852/)
**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:** 25
**display title redacted:** Chavara Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (Grade) vs State of Kerala
**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': None, 'action_type': 'Conviction', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Trial court (as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment)', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The trial court convicted the accused police personnel, as recorded in the Kerala High Court judgment.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation', 'source': '2026:KER:20489', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}; {'date': '2026-03-06', 'action_type': 'Order issued', 'status': 'Concluded', 'authority': 'Kerala High Court', 'independence': 'External', 'legal_effect': 'Binding', 'description': 'The Kerala High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld the convictions of police personnel.', 'disposition': 'Conviction · Supports allegation (appellate affirmance; trial conviction separate card)', 'source': '2026:KER:20489', 'recheck': 'Not yet re-checked.'}
**last checked:** 2026-09-19
**link checked per url:** {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/pdf_upload/2033000122920142watermark-1773231.pdf', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/kerala-high-court/sudarsanan-v-state-of-kerala-crla-no-1229-of-2014-bribery-asi-demand-acceptance-1609517', 'link_checked': None}; {'url': 'https://indiankanoon.org/doc/51148852/', '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:** Conviction confirmed; sentence cut to statutory minimum (6 months/1 year).
**verification badge:** V2 · Externally reported
**verification status:** V2
**watch:** babuwatch

Status: Conviction upheld.

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