State by Karnataka Lokayuktha, Shivamogga vs Shivamogga Police Police Sub-Inspector
The Special Judge, Shivamogga, in Spl.(PC) Case No.03/2010 on 6 May 2019 convicted PSI of Town Police Station, Sagar, for offences under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, imposing a sentence the High Court later described as not less than the statutory minimum. The [name withheld]'s appeal for enhancement of sentence (Crl.A.No.507/2021 under Sec.377 CrPC) was dismissed by the Karnataka High Court on 8 December 2021 for unexplained 391-day delay, leaving the conviction and sentence undisturbed. Bribe amount, trap date and exact sentence are not stated in the appellate order.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment dated 6 May 2019, the Special Judge, Shivamogga convicted the Police Sub-Inspector, Town Police Station, Sagar, Shivamogga district.
- Register number
- KA 14 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Spl.(PC) Case No. 03/2010 (Crl.A.No.507/2021, Karnataka HC); reported in the judgment of the Special Court, Shivamogga (Lokayukta)
- Court and date
- The Special Judge, Shivamogga, 6 May 2019
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Police Sub-Inspector, Town Police Station, Sagar, Shivamogga district
- 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
- Facts in brief
- The Special Judge, Shivamogga, in Spl.(PC) Case No.03/2010 on 6 May 2019 convicted PSI of Town Police Station, Sagar, for offences under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, imposing a sentence the High Court later described as not less than the statutory minimum. The [name withheld]'s appeal for enhancement of sentence (Crl.A.No.507/2021 under Sec.377 CrPC) was dismissed by the Karnataka High Court on 8 December 2021 for unexplained 391-day delay, leaving the conviction and sentence undisturbed. Bribe amount, trap date and exact sentence are not stated in the appellate order.
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: Term not stated in HC order; HC notes the sentence imposed was 'not less than the minimum provided' (statutory minimum 6 months under pre-2018 Sec.7 / 1 year under Sec.13(2))
- Present status of the proceedings
- The conviction was affirmed in appeal.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Special Judge, Shivamogga convicted the accused police personnel on 6 May 2019. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Term not stated in HC order; HC notes the sentence imposed was 'not less than the minimum provided' (statutory minimum 6 months under pre-2018 Sec.7 / 1 year under Sec.13(2))
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text