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:5210
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CW-2026-0043Kannur, KeralaJudgment 21 January 2026
Karikkottakkari Man v. Dy. S.P., VACB Unit-1 Kannur & State of Kerala
The Kerala High Court (single bench) confirmed the conviction of Sub-Inspector of Karikkottakkari Police Station by the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge, Kozhikode (CC No. 19 of 2005) for demanding and accepting Rs 3,000 in marked notes from an autorickshaw driver to avoid foisting a case on him. The Court held demand and acceptance proved through the complainant corroborated by witnesses and the trap recovery, rejecting the defence of a false case. Accepting the plea for leniency, it reduced the sentence to the statutory minimum of six months' RI with Rs 10,000 fine under s.7 and one year's RI with Rs 10,000 fine under s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2), concurrent. It cancelled the appellant's bail and directed him to surrender forthwith. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.
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Report card
By judgment dated 21 January 2026 in Crl.A. No. 1670 of 2013, the Kerala High Court (Coram: A. Badharudeen, J.) affirmed the conviction of the Sub-Inspector of Police, Karikkottakkari Police Station.
- Register number
- KL 13 CW 0004
- Case reference
- Crl.A. No. 1670 of 2013 / 2026:KER:5210
- Court and date
- Kerala High Court (Coram: A. Badharudeen, J.), 21 January 2026
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector of Police, Karikkottakkari Police Station
- 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)
- “In view of the above, the conviction entered by the Special Court, after properly appreciating the evidence, does not call for any interference.” (at para 30)
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction upheld. Sentence: imprisonment and fine; 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 21 January 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.
“In view of the above, the conviction entered by the Special Court, after properly appreciating the evidence, does not call for any interference.” (para 30)
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Institutional response
21 Jan 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:5210
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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.