State (V&AC Madurai, Cr.No.2/2003) v. Madurai Police Sub-Inspector of Police (A1)
The Madurai Special Court for PC Act cases on 17 April 2015 convicted Sub-Inspector of Thirumangalam Taluk police station for demanding and accepting a Rs.2,000 bribe in January 2003 to return a cheque to a woman complainant whose family was arrayed in Crime No.3/2003, sentencing him to 1 year RI under PC Act s.7 and 2 years RI under s.13(1)(d) r/w s.13(2) after tainted notes were recovered from his station diary in a V&AC trap. His fellow Sub-Inspector (A2) was acquitted as he never handled the notes. The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) on 6 January 2020 dismissed [name withheld]'s appeal, holding demand, acceptance and recovery clearly proved, and directed the trial court to commit him to prison.
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By judgment dated 17 April 2015, the Special Court for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai convicted the Sub-Inspector of Police (A1), Thirumangalam Taluk Police Station, Madurai District.
- Register number
- TN 57 CW 0009
- Case reference
- Spl.Case No.11 of 2011
- Court and date
- The Special Court for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai, 17 April 2015
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Sub-Inspector of Police (A1), Thirumangalam Taluk Police Station, Madurai 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
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “appellant was convicted for the offence under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and sentenced to undergo one year RI and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.7) and 2 years RI + Rs.10,000 fine (s.13), concurrent; tainted notes recovered from behind a diary at the station. A2 (fellow SI) acquitted by trial court. Appeal (Crl.A(MD)No.129/2015) dismissed; conviction and sentence confirmed by Madras HC (Madurai Bench, Justice M. Nirmal Kumar) on 6 January 2020
- 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 for Trial of Prevention of Corruption Act Cases, Madurai convicted the accused police personnel on 17 April 2015. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year RI + Rs.5,000 fine (s.7) and 2 years RI + Rs.10,000 fine (s.13), concurrent; tainted notes recovered from behind a diary at the station. A2 (fellow SI) acquitted by trial court. Appeal (Crl.A(MD)No.129/2015) dismissed; conviction and sentence confirmed by Madras HC (Madurai Bench, Justice M. Nirmal Kumar) on 6 January 2020.
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