State (V&AC Tiruchirappalli) v. S. Viswam (A1) & Ors — S.C.No.32 of 2011
The Tiruchirappalli Special Court for PC Act cases convicted Head Constable S. Viswam of Lalgudi police station (A1) for demanding a Rs.3,000 bribe to release a milk van seized after a 12 June 2003 accident near Lalgudi and to issue the Motor Vehicle Inspector requisition, sentencing him to 1 year RI under PC Act s.7 and 3 years RI under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d), while acquitting A2 and A3. The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on 10 December 2018 dismissed his appeal (CRL.A.(MD)No.254 of 2012), holding the prosecution proved demand and acceptance beyond reasonable doubt, and directed police to secure him for the remaining sentence.
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 in 2012, the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Tiruchirappalli convicted the S. Viswam (Head Constable (A1)).
- Register number
- TN 45 CW 0005
- Case reference
- S.C.No.32 of 2011
- Court and date
- The Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Tiruchirappalli, 2012
- Officer(s) at the material time
- S. Viswam (Head Constable (A1))
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “the 1st accused demanded a sum of Rs.3,000/-as bribe from the P.W.3.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.7) and 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)). Co-accused A2 and A3 acquitted by trial court. Appeal dismissed; conviction and sentence confirmed by Madras HC (Madurai Bench, Justice P. Velmurugan) on 10 December 2018
- 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 Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Tiruchirappalli convicted the accused police personnel on 2012. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.7) and 3 years RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)). Co-accused A2 and A3 acquitted by trial court. Appeal dismissed; conviction and sentence confirmed by Madras HC (Madurai Bench, Justice P. Velmurugan) on 10 December 2018.
Sections: PC Act 1988 s.7; PC Act 1988 s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d)
Appeal status
Upheld on appeal. Appeal text