State (V&AC Erode, Crime No.5/AC/2009/ER) v. Baby (A1, SI) & Anr (A2, acquitted) — Spl.C.C.No.1 of 2014
The CJM-cum-Special Judge, Tiruppur on 16 December 2014 convicted woman Sub-Inspector Baby of the Kangeyam Prohibition Enforcement Wing for demanding Rs.10,000 and accepting Rs.5,000 in a 19 June 2009 V&AC trap to release toddy-tapper complainant [name withheld] on bail without remand, sentencing her to one year simple imprisonment with fine under PC Act s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d) (17 witnesses, phenolphthalein-positive recovery from her handbag; A2, who handled the cash because of her bandaged hand, acquitted). The Madras High Court (Justice P. Velmurugan) on 9 February 2023 dismissed her appeal (Crl.A.No.9 of 2015), holding demand, acceptance and recovery proved beyond reasonable doubt, and ordered her secured 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 dated 16 December 2014, the Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Tiruppur convicted the Baby (Sub-Inspector of Police (A1)).
- Register number
- TN 39 CW 0002
- Case reference
- Spl.C.C.No.1 of 2014
- Court and date
- The Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Tiruppur, 16 December 2014
- Officer(s) at the material time
- Baby (Sub-Inspector of Police (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)
- “Accordingly, this Criminal Appeal is dismissed.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 1 year simple imprisonment + Rs.1,000 fine (3 months SI in default) under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d); no separate sentence under s.7. A2 acquitted by trial court
- 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.
Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Special Judge, Tiruppur convicted the accused police personnel on 16 December 2014. The conviction was upheld on appeal. Appeal text.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 1 year simple imprisonment + Rs.1,000 fine (3 months SI in default) under s.13(2) r/w s.13(1)(d); no separate sentence under s.7. A2 acquitted by trial court.
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